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sexually

adverbecourant dans les dialogues

  • //ˈsɛksjʊəli//
  • //ˈsɛkʃʊəli//
  • //ˈsɛkʃəli//

In a sexual manner; erotically.

adverbe

  1. 1

    In a sexual manner; erotically.

    She kissed him sexually.

  2. 2

    With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).

    The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.

  3. 3

    With respect to sexual intercourse.

    He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.

  4. 4

    By means of sexual intercourse.

    AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.

    A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.

    NBC, never shy about exploiting a celebrity tragedy, overproduced and overpromoted her film in “Farrah’s Story,” but never made the public service point that, besides abstinence, the HPV vaccine is the most promising form of prevention against this type of cancer, which in most cases is sexually acquired.

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English sexually From sexual + -ly.

Formes

comparatif
more sexually
superlatif
most sexually
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