sexly

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English

Etymology

sex +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksli/

Adjective

sexly (not comparable)

(obsolete) Relating to a person's (bodily) sex.
- 1601, Queen Elizabeth I, Golden Speech:
  Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weaknesse, I were not worthy to live.
- 1917, Richard Hayes McCartney, An Unclean Spirit, page 75:
  For surely in that time were those possessed
  Of Demons — making men's hearts a foul nest
  For other thoughts besides the sexly crime.
  Perchance, tho' seven Demons in her breast
  Such passions varied that gave her no rest
  Like Envy, Hate and Malice, which her soul had nursed
  Until her mind—desires and life accursed.
  I have to think that Mary surely pure
  Of sexly passion—in that way demure—
  But violent otherwise in fits of spite.

References

“sexly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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