Meanings
comparative more promiscuously · superlative most promiscuously
- In a promiscuous manner.
Even in one and the same line Hebrew and Arabic words are used promiscuously.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 3711 more example
Their closest living relatives, deer mice, dwell in forests instead of open spaces, she learned, and they live promiscuously instead of monogamously.
2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an indiscriminate manner
adverbin a licentious and promiscuous manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀναμίξ
- ἀναμίξ (anamíx)in a promiscuous manner
Catalan promíscuament
- promíscuamentin a promiscuous manner
French promiscûment
- promiscûmentin a promiscuous manner
Italian promiscuamente
- promiscuamentein a promiscuous manner
Portuguese promiscuamente
- promiscuamentein a promiscuous manner
Slovak promiskuitne
- promiskuitnein a promiscuous manner
Spanish promiscuamente
- promiscuamentein a promiscuous manner
Cite this entry
promiscuously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promiscuously
“promiscuously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promiscuously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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