obscenely
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ob·scene
(ŏb-sēn′, əb-)adj.
1.
a. Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
b. Law Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
2.
a. Morally repulsive; disgusting: "The way he writes about the disease that killed her is simply obscene" (Michael Korda).
b. So extreme in amount as to be objectionable or outrageous: "hammered by stratospheric rents and obscene taxes" (Joe Queenan).
[Latin obscēnus.]
ob·scene′ly adv.
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| Adv. | 1. | obscenely - to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich" |
| 2. | obscenely - in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely" |
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obscenely
[əbˈsiːnlɪ] ADV1. (= indecently) [gesture, remark] → obscenamente
to talk/write obscenely → decir/escribir obscenidades
he was swearing obscenely → estaba soltando tacos y obscenidades
to talk/write obscenely → decir/escribir obscenidades
he was swearing obscenely → estaba soltando tacos y obscenidades
2. (= shockingly) [fat] → repugnantemente; [rich, expensive] → escandalosamente
she earns obscenely large amounts of money → gana unas cantidades de dinero escandalosas
she earns obscenely large amounts of money → gana unas cantidades de dinero escandalosas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
obscenely
adv → obszön; (= repulsively) → ekelerregend; she earns obscenely large amounts of money → sie verdient unverschämt viel Geld
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
obscene
(əbˈsiːn) adjective disgusting, especially sexually. obscene photographs.
obˈscenely adverbobscenity (-ˈse-) – plural obˈscenities – noun
an obscene act or word(s). He shouted obscenities at the police.
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