adv
Meaning 1
In a sexual manner; erotically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She kissed him sexually.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sexually
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛksjʊəli/
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/ˈsɛkʃʊəli/
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/ˈsɛkʃəli/
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 K SH UW0 AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
With respect to sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
By means of sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.
- A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
by sexual means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reproduce sexually
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
with respect to sexuality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sexually ambiguous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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-der.? 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.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: seksualisht — in a sexual manner
- Catalan: sexualment — in a sexual manner
- Czech: sexuálně — in a sexual manner
- Esperanto: sekse — in a sexual manner
- Estonian: seksuaalselt — in a sexual manner
- French: sexuellement — in a sexual manner
- Galician: sexualmente — in a sexual manner
- German: sexuell — in a sexual manner
- Greek: σεξουαλικά (sexoualiká) — in a sexual manner
- Italian: sessualmente — in a sexual manner
- Maltese: sesswalment — in a sexual manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: seksuelt — in a sexual manner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuelt — in a sexual manner
- Portuguese: sexualmente — in a sexual manner
- Russian: сексуа́льно (sɛksuálʹno) — in a sexual manner
- Slovak: sexuálne — in a sexual manner
- Spanish: sexualmente — in a sexual manner
- Swedish: sexuellt — in a sexual manner
- Galician: sexualmente — with respect to sex (division)
- Portuguese: sexualmente — with respect to sex (division)
- Russian: по полово́му при́знаку (po polovómu príznaku) — with respect to sex (division)
- Slovak: rodovo — with respect to sex (division)
- Spanish: sexualmente — with respect to sex (division)
- Swedish: köns- — with respect to sex (division)
- Albanian: seksualisht — with respect to intercourse
- Catalan: sexualment — with respect to intercourse
- Estonian: seksuaalselt — with respect to intercourse
- Galician: sexualmente — with respect to intercourse
- Portuguese: sexualmente — with respect to intercourse
- Russian: сексуа́льно (sɛksuálʹno) — with respect to intercourse
- Slovak: sexuálne — with respect to intercourse
- Spanish: sexualmente — with respect to intercourse
- Swedish: sexuellt — with respect to intercourse
- Albanian: seksualisht — by means of intercourse
- Estonian: seksuaalselt — by means of intercourse
- Galician: sexualmente — by means of intercourse
- Norwegian Bokmål: seksuelt — by means of intercourse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuelt — by means of intercourse
- Portuguese: sexualmente — by means of intercourse
- Russian: половы́м путём (polovým putjóm) — by means of intercourse
- Slovak: pohlavne — by means of intercourse
- Spanish: sexualmente — by means of intercourse
- Swedish: sexuellt — by means of intercourse
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