sexually

English

Etymology

sexual +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

sexually (comparative more sexually, superlative most sexually)

1. In a sexual manner: erotically.

   She kissed him sexually.

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

   The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.

3. With respect to sexual intercourse.

   He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.

4. By means of sexual intercourse.

   AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.

   A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.

Derived terms

• sexually anorexic
• sexually mature
• sexually transmitted infection

 

• (by means of intercourse): sexually transmitted disease, STD

Translations

in a sexual manner

• Albanian: seksualisht
• Catalan: sexualment (ca)
• Czech: sexuálně (cs)
• Esperanto: sekse
• French: sexuellement (fr)
• Galician: sexualmente (gl)
• German: sexuell (de)
• Greek: σεξουαλικά (el) (sexoualiká)
• Italian: sessualmente (it)
• Maltese: sesswalment
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seksuelt

  Nynorsk: seksuelt

• Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
• Russian: сексуа́льно (ru) (sɛksuálʹno)
• Slovak: sexuálne
• Spanish: sexualmente (es)
• Swedish: sexuellt (sv)

with respect to sex (division)

• Galician: sexualmente (gl)
• Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
• Russian: по полово́му при́знаку (po polovómu príznaku)
• Slovak: rodovo
• Spanish: sexualmente (es)
• Swedish: köns-

with respect to intercourse

• Albanian: seksualisht
• Catalan: sexualment (ca)
• Galician: sexualmente (gl)
• Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
• Russian: сексуа́льно (ru) (sɛksuálʹno)
• Slovak: sexuálne
• Spanish: sexualmente (es)
• Swedish: sexuellt (sv)

by means of intercourse

• Albanian: seksualisht
• Galician: sexualmente (gl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seksuelt

  Nynorsk: seksuelt

• Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
• Russian: половы́м путём (polovým putjóm)
• Slovak: pohlavne
• Spanish: sexualmente (es)
• Swedish: sexuellt (sv)