promiscuously

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English

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Etymology

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From promiscuous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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promiscuously (comparative more promiscuously, superlative most promiscuously)

  1. In a promiscuous manner.
    • 2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Their closest living relatives, deer mice, dwell in forests instead of open spaces, she learned, and they live promiscuously instead of monogamously.

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