Meanings
comparative more obscenely · superlative most obscenely
- colloquialIn an excessive manner.
By the year 1765, Richard `Dickie' Tattersall, the absurdly romantic self-styled soldier of fortune and indulged son of an obscenely well-off Yorkshire squire, was brimming with gratitude[.]
1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 2452 more examples
I live in an elderly building in Boston's Back Bay. In summer the place sizzles. In winter, it's hotter (unless, of course, the wind blows. Then there's no heat at all. I suspect our central heating unit is an obscenely large candle that gets blown out when we need it most.)
1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11A friend of mine who works in The City managed to pull this off quite diplomatically. He and all his workmates were on pant-wettingly huge salaries, but most of his friends from home were on modest incomes and struggling to pay their mortgages. So, rather cleverly, he invited all the City boys on an obscenely expensive weekend to the south of France, and a week later he had a pub crawl in London for his old friends from school. Both celebrations were just as enjoyable, and nobody felt like they missed out. Most importantly, everyone could afford to be there.
2013, Dominic Bliss, Being the Best Man for Dummies
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a lewd and obscene manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan obscenament
- obscenamentin an obscene manner
Latin obscēnē
- obscēnēin an obscene manner
Spanish obscenamente
- obscenamentein an obscene manner
Cite this entry
obscenely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obscenely
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