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Meanings of licentiously in английском

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 английском
        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