euphemistically

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Etymology[edit]

euphemistic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

euphemistically (comparative more euphemistically, superlative most euphemistically)

  1. In a euphemistic manner.
    • 1964, James Holledge, Sex and the Australian Teenager, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 124:
      Sex was the primary ingredient of the gatherings, which were euphemistically called "free house parties".

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