Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sensual manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sensual manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses;sexily .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sultry and sensual manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Avatar representing the entertainment values of the future (a new kind of sensually intoxicating spectacle, with a technologically driven art so mesmerizing that it may now threaten to make those intimate storytelling virtues irrelevant).
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Avatar representing the entertainment values of the future (a new kind of sensually intoxicating spectacle, with a technologically driven art so mesmerizing that it may now threaten to make those intimate storytelling virtues irrelevant).
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When we're not sensually crumbling a Flake, enjoying some feminine "me-time", we're heartbroken in pyjamas, spooning chocolate ice cream into our communal mouths.
The truth about men, women and food Eva Wiseman 2010
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Lady Death is sensually draped in snakes on this sexy new cover from Gabriel Guzman that is limited to just 750 copies.
Avatar Press Solicitations for April 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Mary-Ann, hand still on the bag of ice on his shin and sensually wiping the corners of her mouth fell back as Terry shot up to a sitting position.
Dirt Curtis Silver 2012
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Inspired by the notion that a garden would afford students “experience-based learning that illustrates the pleasure of meaningful work, personal responsibility, the need for nutritious, sustainably raised, and sensually stimulating food, and the important socializing effect of the ritual of the table,” and spurred on by the school principal, Waters offered to build a garden and help create a curriculum to go along with it.
Cultivating Failure 2010
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You will never be able to breathe, relax and settle into a sensually abundant space that trusts you can give yourself enough -- plenty even.
Danielle Cavallucci: Constant Calorie Counting Spells Caving to Your Craving Danielle Cavallucci 2011
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None the less, it is both linguistically and sensually vital, stacked with images and phrases that linger in the mind.
Wolf Hall: Summary and book reviews of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. 2009
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But it turned out to be an unexpected joy right from the first page: richly and sensually written, it mines deep seams of imagination and characterisation in its portrayal of an alternate world in which land-dwelling humans share medieval Europe with merfolk-like 'deepsmen'.
MIND MELD: What Was the Last SF/F Book That Surprised You? 2009
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His mouth sensually made love to my arm, lapping at the blood that spilled from the cut, teasing me even.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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