lasciviously

1. 1.

   in a lascivious manner

   Synonymssalaciously

Questions about lasciviously

What does lasciviously mean?

lasciviously means "in a lascivious manner".

How many syllables are in lasciviously?

lasciviously has 5 syllables and divides as la-sci-vi-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lasciviously?

Close synonyms include salaciously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lasciviously a common word?

lasciviously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.