'Licentiously' definitions:
Definition of 'licentiously'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: licentiously, wantonly, promiscuously]
Definition of 'Licentiously'
From: GCIDE
- Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]s), a. [L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See License.]
- 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press. [1913 Webster]
- A wit that no licentious pertness knows. --Savage. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. "Licentious wickedness." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. [1913 Webster] -- {Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]