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undecently

undecently adverb: unsuitably; improperly.

Adverb

undecently (comparative more undecently, superlative most undecently)

  1. (obsolete) Unsuitably; improperly.
    • Philosophie hath done me the pleasure to judge, that so honorable an action, had been undecently [translating indecemment] placed in any other life, than in Catoes[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) Scandalously; indecently.

Forms of undecently

comparativemore undecently
superlativemost undecently

Origin of undecently

From undecent + -ly.

Questions about undecently

What does undecently mean?
Undecently means unsuitably; improperly.
What part of speech is undecently?
Undecently is an adverb.

Words near undecently in the dictionary

  1. undecenoate
  2. undecenoates
  3. undecenoic acid
  4. undecenoic acids
  5. undecent
  6. undecently
  7. undecentralized
  8. undeception
  9. undeceptions
  10. undeceptive
  11. undeceptively

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