Promiscuously — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in an indiscriminate manner

in a licentious and promiscuous manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəmˈɪskjuːəsli/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəmˈɪskjuːəsli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəmˈɪskjuːəsli/

4 syllables Say it as /pɹəmˈɪskjuːəsli/.

Examples

she reads promiscuously
this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

indiscriminately wantonly licentiously

Parts of Speech

adverb	in an indiscriminate manner “she reads promiscuously”
adverb	in a licentious and promiscuous manner “this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

promiskuitiv

in wahlloser Weise

🇫🇷French

en promiscuité

de manière aveugle

🇪🇸Spanish

promiscuamente

de manera indiscriminada

🇮🇹Italian

promiscuamente

in modo indiscriminato

🇳🇱Dutch

promiscue

op een willekeurige manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

promiscuamente

de forma indiscriminada

🇷🇺Russian

беспорядочно

без разбора

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मिश्रित होकर

अंधाधुंध तरीके से

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊதாரித்தனமாக

கண்மூடித்தனமான முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

విచ్చలవిడిగా

విచక్షణారహితంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

अव्यक्तपणे

स्वैरपणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવિચારી રીતે

આડેધડ રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಂದವಾಗಿ

ವಿವೇಚನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരസംഗമായി

വിവേചനരഹിതമായ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਚਨਚੇਤ

ਇੱਕ ਅੰਨ੍ਹੇਵਾਹ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے قاعدگی سے

اندھا دھند انداز میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

混杂地

不加区别地

🇯🇵Japanese

無差別に

🇰🇷Korean

난잡하게

무차별적으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bừa bãi

một cách bừa bãi

🇹🇭Thai

สำส่อน

ในลักษณะที่ไม่เลือกปฏิบัติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

secara sembarangan

dengan cara yang tidak pandang bulu

🇲🇾Malay

secara rambang

secara sembarangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشكل غير شرعي

بطريقة عشوائية

🇮🇷Persian

بی بند و باری

به صورت بی رویه

🇹🇷Turkish

rastgele

ayrım gözetmeksizin

🇮🇱Hebrew

באופן מופקר

בצורה חסרת הבחנה

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