Definitions

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  • In a lustful manner.

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  • adverb In a lustful manner.

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  • adverb in a lustful manner

Etymologies

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From Middle English lustfully, lustfulliche, from Old English lustfullīċe ("gladly, heartily"), equivalent to lustful +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • I could see myself only raging through life without end like one of Nietzsche's blond beasts, lustfully roving and conquering by sheer superiority and strength.

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  • The same God that said thou shall not commit adultery also said thou shall look at a woman lustfully.

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  • Unceremoniously walking up to Stefàn and grabbing him from behind, she wrapped her arms around his waist in a possessive manner and lustfully stuck her tongue in his ear.

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  • Nina's unstable, domineering mother Barbara Hershey, a former dancer who never made it beyond the corps, wavers between overbearing concern, vicarious arousal, and Münchausen syndrome by proxy; even she seems to want to get into the sick S&M game, demanding a little too lustfully to Nina, "Take off your shirt!" so that she can inspect her daughter for self-inflicted wounds.

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  • Unceremoniously walking up to Stefàn and grabbing him from behind, she wrapped her arms around his waist in a possessive manner and lustfully stuck her tongue in his ear.

    Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011

  • She harshly rolled her big bubble eyes at a couple of brothers who were staring lustfully in our direction.

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  • But Fang is schooled not only for survival; he also lustfully relishes the idea of finding meat and of battling with the birds.

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  • She plucked a chocolate and held it between her lips, closing her eyes and moaning so lustfully, the three boys widened their own eyes and shifted about as though they were in torment.

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  • I could see myself only raging through life without end like one of Nietzsche's blond beasts, lustfully roving and conquering by sheer superiority and strength.

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  • Nina's unstable, domineering mother Barbara Hershey, a former dancer who never made it beyond the corps, wavers between overbearing concern, vicarious arousal, and Münchausen syndrome by proxy; even she seems to want to get into the sick S&M game, demanding a little too lustfully to Nina, "Take off your shirt!" so that she can inspect her daughter for self-inflicted wounds.

    Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011

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