sodomitically

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From sodomitical +‎ -ly.

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sodomitically (comparative more sodomitically, superlative most sodomitically)

  1. By means of sodomy.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:
      As Origen was dealt with al, either to commit idolatry, or suffer himselfe to be Sodomatically [translating charnellement] abused by a filthy Egiptian slave, that was presented unto him; he yeilded to the first condition […].