indecently

adverb

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of indecently Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecently
  1. inappropriately
  2. vulgarly
  3. unsuitably
  4. unbearably
  5. intolerably
  6. incorrectly
  7. reprehensibly
  8. awfully
Adverb
  • There is also evidence that psychopathy evidence is being inappropriately relied on in death penalty cases.
    — David DeMatteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In November 2005, church volunteer Scott Preston Moore entered sleeping quarters at night and inappropriately touched two teenage boys.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of vulgarly
Adverb
  • The official investigation found no fault with either aircraft but that three planes had occupied the same airspace, which was deemed to have been unsuitably monitored over the Kharkiv region.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of unsuitably
Adverb
  • Her inconsistencies raised alarms for police, as the closed barn loft would have been unbearably hot that day to have visited voluntarily, per American Heritage.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • During the 2014 Gaza War, that lesson became unbearably personal.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of unbearably
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  • As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.
    — Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.
    — Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Definition of intolerably
Adverb
  • More than this though, in scientific research, committing a Type 1 error — incorrectly believing there is sufficient evidence for a new claim when the claim is actually wrong — does not reflect poorly on the quality of the science done.
    — Mark Louie F. Ramos, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Others reacted to the post using letter emoji to spell out — incorrectly — a racial slur for Black people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
Adverb
  • It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Definition of reprehensibly
Adverb
  • The company hopes to make diagnostic testing cheaper and more accessible — a mission that may sound awfully familiar to anyone who followed the rise and fall of Theranos.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • If anything, Trump’s escalating attempts to strong-arm people into a supposedly nicer term for AI makes him — and the industry itself — look awfully weak.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of awfully

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“Indecently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecently. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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