ob*scene"ly
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.] [1913 Webster]
1.Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. [1913 Webster]
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]
2.Foul; fifthy; disgusting. [1913 Webster]
A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.— Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).[1913 Webster]
3.Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] [1913 Webster]
At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [1913 Webster] -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. -- Ob*scene"ness, n. [1913 Webster]