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Definition of Pruriently
1. Adverb. In a prurient manner.
Definition of Pruriently
1. Adverb. In a prurient manner. ¹
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Definition of Pruriently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pruriently
Literary usage of Pruriently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"The hopeful thing about this exhibition is the increased vigour it shows in study
of the human form, without a single offensive or pruriently-suggestive ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Examine the man who lives in misery because he does not shine above other men;
who goes about producing himself, pruriently anxious about his gifts and ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and must go on pruriently fermenting, in continual change noted or unnoted.
"Worn out with disgusts," Captain after Captain, in Royalist mustachios, ..."
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