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sextually

sextually adverb: in a sextual manner.

Adverb

sextually (comparative more sextually, superlative most sextually)

  1. In a sextual manner.
    • The story is basically this: On Wednesday a BuzzFeed reporter -- perhaps with sextually challenged New York politico Anthony Weiner on the brain -- posted a story about Lee exchanging private messages with Booker, the bachelor mayor of Newark, N.J.2013 September 26, Matt Pearce, “Cory Booker's Twitter stripper: 'It's not a sex scandal!'”, in Los Angeles Times
    • If you're a slow boiler sexually, then don't get overheated sextually.2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 151

Forms of sextually

comparativemore sextually
superlativemost sextually

Origin of sextually

From sextual + -ly.

Questions about sextually

What does sextually mean?
Sextually means in a sextual manner.
What part of speech is sextually?
Sextually is an adverb.

Words near sextually in the dictionary

  1. sextries
  2. sextrigintillion
  3. sextry
  4. sexts
  5. sextual
  6. sextually
  7. sextumvirate
  8. sextumvirates
  9. sextuor
  10. sextuors
  11. sextuple

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