Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sensuous manner.
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- adverb In a
sensuous manner.
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- adverb with aesthetic gratification or delight
Etymologies
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Examples
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Darkside is a new duo project helmed by Nicolas Jaar , a disarmingly talented 21-year-old who approaches the medium of electronic music as something soulfully and sensuously new.
Sonic Experiments And a Country Tonic Andy Battaglia 2011
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He was thrumming, the muscles of his torso flexing sensuously beneath her.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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The whole site, with its curvaceous rooflines that sensuously create a new landscape, is undoubtedly beautiful.
A Gleaming Vision on the Hill Colin Amery 2011
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Reflect this within a kissing scene; slowly, sensuously where the couple see one another in a different way afterwards.
Kiss and Tell – How to Write a Kissing Scene. « Write Anything 2010
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He stood erect, seeing wide-eyed the secrecy of the scene and sensuously inhaling the warm, sweet breath of the cãnon-garden through nostrils that dilated and quivered with delight.
All Gold Canon 2010
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"The Gypsy Fortune Teller" is of an alluring Gypsy girl sensuously stroking the hand of her well dressed patron as unbeknownst to him she is removing his ring.
Tom Rhodes: Caravaggio: A Renaissance Badass In Fort Worth Tom Rhodes 2011
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As you'll read and hear if you follow the links in my interview with Jonathan Harvey, you'll discover how he fuses electronics with acoustic instruments more seamlessly and sensuously than pretty well any other composer around.
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Fat old Cardinal Wolsey, the self-enriching arch-minister of Henry's early years, is present in the form of an unflattering portrait, with thick, sensuously repellent red lips.
Exhibit review of 'Vivat Rex!' at the Folger Shakespeare Library Philip Kennicott 2010
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Walker, after the Super Bowl victory, bathed himself sensuously in the team's triumph, declaring at a public ceremony that February was now Packers Month.
Dave Zirin: Green Bay Packers Sound Off Against Gov. Scott "Hosni" Walker Dave Zirin 2011
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He was thrumming, the muscles of his torso flexing sensuously beneath her.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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