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euphemistically

euphemistically adverb: in a euphemistic manner.

Adverb

euphemistically (comparative more euphemistically, superlative most euphemistically)

  1. In a euphemistic manner.
    • Sex was the primary ingredient of the gatherings, which were euphemistically called "free house parties".1964, James Holledge, Sex and the Australian Teenager, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 124
    • Today’s vast Swedish pornography industry got its start when the Vikings created what they euphemistically referred to as “Icelandic Sagas,” which were actually torrid porn carved on large rocks, or Runes.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 41

Forms of euphemistically

comparativemore euphemistically
superlativemost euphemistically

Origin of euphemistically

From euphemistic + -ally.

Questions about euphemistically

What does euphemistically mean?
Euphemistically means in a euphemistic manner.
What part of speech is euphemistically?
Euphemistically is an adverb.

Words near euphemistically in the dictionary

  1. euphemism treadmill
  2. euphemisms
  3. euphemist
  4. euphemistic
  5. euphemistical
  6. euphemistically
  7. euphemists
  8. euphemitid
  9. euphemitids
  10. euphemization
  11. euphemizations

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