as in unreasonably
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Recent Examples of obscenely
Willa became a fan favorite — the aspiring playwright who offers an outside perspective of the obscenely wealthy and manipulative Roy family.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Most of the obscenely immense rules governing eduction should also be given the heave-ho.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
These activists have obscenely defaced this beloved institution.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Most of the obscenely immense rules governing eduction should also be given the heave-ho.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
These activists have obscenely defaced this beloved institution.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscenely
Adverb
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The lawsuit claims suppression of speech, retaliation, unreasonable seizure, unreasonably prolonged seizure, excessive force, false imprisonment and common law battery.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many people in your situation would begin to believe, not unreasonably, that their expertise is sufficient to guide them through the season.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Read more about this unbearably adorable two-month-old baby pygmy hippopotamus at the link in bio.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her mother sounds unbearably gentle.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Instead of keeping the ball tucked, Mitchell tried to extend it and inexcusably lost the ball.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Many have noted that the health care system in the United States is an inefficient, unconscionably expensive, gawd-awful mess.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Obscenely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscenely. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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