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English Dictionary: lasciviously by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lasciviously
adv
  1. in a lascivious manner [syn: lasciviously, salaciously]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lascivious \Las*civ"i*ous\, a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr.
      lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. ([?]) lecherous, ([?]) to wish, Skr.
      lash to desire.]
      1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious
            desires. --Milton.
  
      2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
  
                     He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the
                     lascivious pleasing of a lute.            --Shak.
            -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ness}, n.
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