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Meanings of licentiously in anglès

In a licentious and promiscuous manner.

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Examples for "wantonly"
Examples for "wantonly"
1
In other words, I wantonly ignite barns that belong to other people.
The Elephant Vanishes
2
This is the third calamity in which he has wantonly involved himself.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
3
Wars would, in general, be more speedily concluded, and less wantonly undertaken.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
4
Prisoners were murdered in cold blood and women were wantonly shot down.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
5
Never were the environs of a city so wantonly and recklessly degraded.
Worldly Ways & Byways
1
With them dwell promiscuously all the young unmarried women of the tribe.
African Camp Fires
2
People of all the different tribes meet and mingle promiscuously among themselves.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
3
I daresay you have thrown it into a drawer or somewhere, promiscuously.
Hard Cash
4
Here they sit down promiscuously, and dine at so much a head.
Travels through France and Italy
5
At night they are more plentiful, and seem to be aimed promiscuously.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
Usage of licentiously in anglès
1
Conjecture, though it be sometimes unavoidable, I have not wantonly nor licentiously indulged.
Preface to Shakespeare
2
But shall I on this account run riot and write licentiously?
The Works of Horace
3
The Ranters mingled a little truth with much error-abused their Christian liberty-andlived licentiously, and were a scandal to religion.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
4
His youth was distinguished by all the tumult and storm of pleasures, in which he most licentiously triumphed, disdaining all decorum.
Letters to His Son, 1749 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
5
For instance, he appointed a guardian over a certain senator that lived licentiously, as he might have done for a child.
Dio's Rome, Volume 4 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
6
That he understood his authors cannot be doubted; but his versions will not teach others to understand them, being too licentiously paraphrastical.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
7
He used, however, his absolute (480) power so licentiously, that even then he plainly discovered what sort of prince he was likely to prove.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 12: Domitian
8
"Let the soldiers," he said elsewhere, "be allowed to live very licentiously!"
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
Licentiously through the time