Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unchaste manner; lewdly.
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- adverb In an
unchaste manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, the very idea that you can deter growing adults from behaving unchastely by warning them of the negative consequences of this behaviour is flawed in principle.
Challenge Team UK 2009
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For the Buddhists, there are five great duties: not to kill any living creature, not to steal, not to act unchastely, not to lie, not to drink intoxicating liquor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Lips, too, it might be said, invite kisses; but a lover would consider it sacrilege to touch his idol's lips unchastely.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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It cannot even be said to them, that it is not their concern who will live chastely, or who unchastely.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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This is the case with those who think chastely of marriages; but it is otherwise with those who think unchastely of them, n.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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_This is the case with those who think chastely of marriages: but it is otherwise with those who think unchastely of them.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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The man, Khaled Muslemi heard rumors his sibling was behaving unchastely and decided to carry out a so-called "honor killing," After accompanying the girl on a stroll outside their village, he took out a gun and shot her in the head, shoulder and leg at close range.
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Why should we tell Jackson I’d had a husband other than the man he knew; that I’d lived unchastely, then run off from two of my children?
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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Why should we tell Jackson I’d had a husband other than the man he knew; that I’d lived unchastely, then run off from two of my children?
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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a song of symphony and sweetness; those who looked upon them unchastely, heard it as a discordant and mournful song; and those who looked upon them disdainfully, heard it as a song that was harsh and grating.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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