Meanings
comparative more euphemistically · superlative most euphemistically
- 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 1241 more example
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
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Translations
Finnish kaunistelevasti, eufemistisesti
- kaunistelevastiin a euphemistic manner
- eufemistisestiin a euphemistic manner
French euphémiquement
- euphémiquementin a euphemistic manner
German euphemistisch
- euphemistischin a euphemistic manner
Italian eufemisticamente
- eufemisticamentein a euphemistic manner
Polish eufemistycznie
- eufemistyczniein a euphemistic manner
Russian эвфемисти́чески
- эвфемисти́чески (evfemistíčeski)in a euphemistic manner
Cite this entry
euphemistically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphemistically
“euphemistically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphemistically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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