Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a manner expressing or causing excessive or offensive sexual desire: The word "salaciously" describes an action done with lewd intent or in a way that is indecently provocative.
   • In a manner characterized by lustfulness: It indicates doing something in a way that is overtly and improperly focused on sexual matters.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The tabloid reported the scandal salaciously, focusing on every intimate detail.
  • He winked salaciously, making everyone in the room uncomfortable.
  • The novel was criticized for describing the scenes too salaciously.

Advanced Usage

• Used to modify verbs of communication or expression: Often describes how stories are told, looks are given, or material is written/presented with an undue emphasis on sexual content.
  • The commentator described the celebrity's outfit salaciously, rather than commenting on her professional achievements.

Variants and Related Words

• Salacious (adjective): Having or conveying undue or offensive interest in sexual matters.
  • The salacious gossip spread quickly through the office.
• Salaciousness (noun): The quality of being salacious.
  • The salaciousness of the article was widely condemned.

Synonyms

• Lewdly: In a crude and offensive sexual way.
• Lasciviously: In a driven or motivated by lustful desire.
• Lustfully: With intense or uncontrolled sexual desire.
• Pruriently: With an excessive interest in sexual matters.

Antonyms

• Chastely: In a pure, modest, or virtuous manner.
• Decently: In a conforming to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
• Modestly: In an unassuming or humble manner; without drawing undue attention, especially of a sexual nature.

Related Phrases/Idioms

(While "salaciously" itself is not typically part of fixed idioms, it is used in descriptive phrases.) - To leer salaciously: To look at someone in a lecherous, unpleasant way. - The stranger leered salaciously from across the bar. - To detail something salaciously: To describe an event with excessive and inappropriate focus on sexual elements. - The biography was accused of detailing the subject's private life salaciously.

Adverb

1. in a lascivious manner