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SENSUALLY meaning: 1. in a way that expresses or suggests physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction: 2…. Learn more.
Sensually definition: in a carnal or fleshly way that is preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or physical appetites. See examples of SENSUALLY used in a sentence.
sensuous implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure. the sensuous delights of great music. sensual tends to imply the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of the physical appetites as ends in themselves. a life devoted to sensual pleasures.
Definition of sensually adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Sensual means physically pleasing. It often is used in a sexual context, but is not exclusively sexual in meaning. Sensual has to do with the five senses, but it comes with a hint of lewdness, a suggestion of sex.
The earliest known use of the adverb sensually is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for sensually is from before 1425, in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie . sensually is formed within English, by derivation.
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