bawdily

bawdy +‎ -ly

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdɪli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdɪli/

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• Homophone: bodily (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

bawdily (comparative more bawdily, superlative most bawdily)

1. In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
   • 1664 January 18 (date written; Gregorian calendar)​, Samuel Pepys; Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 8th, 1663–1664”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

     But, Lord! to hear how W. Symons do commend and look sadly and then talk bawdily and merrily, though his wife was dead but the other day, would make a dogg laugh.

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