salacious
adjective
lustful or lecherous.
salaciously
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a word derived from
salacious.
Example Sentences
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The series explored if the press would have covered the case so salaciously in the post-#MeToo era.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025
As with all true crime, there is a fine line between getting the truth out and getting it out salaciously.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2019
It was only in the 1960s, when the Sunday People newspaper began salaciously to out trans people – most famously the Vogue model April Ashley – that she understood she was not alone.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2018
Hitchens, who died in 2011, would have no doubt been amused, but his is a jarring name for a network series to drop posthumously and so salaciously.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2013
The quest to find them, aided by the British navy, was salaciously covered by the popular press in London.
From Washington Post
