— decadently /dek"euh deuhnt lee, di kayd"nt-/ , adv.
/dek"euh deuhnt, di kayd"nt/ , adj.
1. characterized by decadence, esp. culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility.
2. ( often cap. ) of or like the decadents.
n.
3. a person who is decadent.
4. ( often cap. ) one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content.
[ 1830-40; back formation from DECADENCE; see -ENT ]
Syn. 1. corrupt, immoral, degenerate, debased, debauched, self-indulgent.