sexlessly
sexlessly adverb: in a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal.
Adverb
sexlessly (comparative more sexlessly, superlative most sexlessly)
- In a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal.
- That Holmes occasionally wielded guns, leapt out of carriages and rushed through the fog with Errol Flynnesque panache, but mostly he was a giant brain inside a tweed suit, sexlessly debonair in the way Hollywood liked its leading men in the 1930s and 1940s.2009 January 25, Sarah Lyall, “Is That You, Sherlock?”, in The New York Times
Forms of sexlessly
| comparative | more sexlessly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sexlessly |
Origin of sexlessly
From sexless + -ly.
Questions about sexlessly
- What does sexlessly mean?
- Sexlessly means in a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal.
- What part of speech is sexlessly?
- Sexlessly is an adverb.
Words near sexlessly in the dictionary
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