lecherously


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lech·er·ous

 (lĕch′ər-əs)
adj.
Given to, characterized by, or eliciting lechery.

lech′er·ous·ly adv.
lech′er·ous·ness n.
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lecherously

[ˈletʃərəslɪ] ADVlascivamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lecherously

advlüstern
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lecherously

[ˈlɛtʃərəslɪ] advin modo lascivo
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The group was split by gender 50-50, and the older men seemed to resent my youth to the same degree the women lecherously admired it.
Lecherously assailed on all sides, Moll's use of manly clothing is at least practical; the world of the play is overrun with predatory men, and Moll decides to wear clothing that walls them off.
They were sitting at a table, with him nibbling on her ear and her smiling lecherously. I went up and gave her a slap and told him we were leaving straightaway.
Director Robert Herriot no doubt deserves credit for the way Barrett heightened the tension as he lecherously stalked his prey.
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From that height, he managed to see them on one of the beds; one of the girls had already started blowing Stefan while the other was caressing him and kissing him lecherously. Stefan looked in his direction and motioned him closer.
When Elvira finds Ambrosio leaning lecherously over her sleeping daughter, she exclaims, "It is no dream ...
She could not stretch her legs out for another man to cross over, if a man were to stare at her lecherously, then she was expected to report the incidence to her husband; otherwise she would incure the wrath of the ancestors.