erotically
erotically adverb: in an erotic manner.
Adverb
erotically (comparative more erotically, superlative most erotically)
- in an erotic manner
- Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly...1901, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Three Plays for Puritans”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], →OCLC...
- They also practice healing, and, during the course of their services, shout and dance as erotically and sincerely as savages around a jungle fire.1928, Wallace Henry Thurman, Negro Life in New York's Harlem, Chapter 7
Forms of erotically
| comparative | more erotically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most erotically |
Origin of erotically
From erotic + -ally.
Questions about erotically
- What does erotically mean?
- Erotically means in an erotic manner.
- What part of speech is erotically?
- Erotically is an adverb.
Words near erotically in the dictionary
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