Pruriently

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a prurient manner.

    "One blonde proclaims, “If I meet a Negro I’ll have a Negro habit,” and the camera pruriently lingers on Ultra Violet making love with a black man and briefly on an outdoor session of interracial oral sex."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a prurient manner wordnet

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"One blonde proclaims, “If I meet a Negro I’ll have a Negro habit,” and the camera pruriently lingers on Ultra Violet making love with a black man and briefly on an outdoor session of interracial oral sex."

Etymology

From prurient + -ly.

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