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What is the adjective for bawdy?

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bawdy
  1. (obsolete) Soiled, dirty. [from 14th Century]
  2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The bawdy tone spread throughout the evening as honorees and presenters began telling naughty jokes.”
      “Later on he successfully puzzled over the riddles of some bawdy conundrums.”
      “He also loved bawdy songs and ancient poetry bordering on the pornographic.”
bawdier
  1. comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Her man was a fan of the bawdier Burns and it wisnae sleeping he had in mind.”
      “Mrs Brown has changed somewhat since then, becoming bawdier and with a more widespread appeal.”
      “In the late 1990s, a new edition of Aesop's Fables showed a far bawdier side than simple tales such as the Tortoise and the Hare.”
bawdiest
  1. superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Graffiti preserved in Pompeii covers all sorts of sentiments, from wishing friends well to the bawdiest of observations, the Daily Mail reported.”
      “He used some of the Bard's bawdiest lines to help the Coventry teens understand the play and make it their own.”
      “Before the 1906 earthquake this lane, formerly known as Morton Street, was one of the bawdiest dives in the city.”
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