Voluptuously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\, a. [F. voluptueux, L. voluptuosus,
     fr. voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully;
     probably akin to Gr. ? to hope, ? hope, and to L. velle to
     wish. See {Voluntary}.]
     1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the
        senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification;


        exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
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              Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
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              Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey.
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     2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging
        to excess in sensual gratifications. "The jolly and
        voluptuous livers." --Atterbury.
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              Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  voluptuously
       adv 1: in a shapely and voluptuous manner; "a voluptuously curved
              woman"
       2: in an indulgently voluptuous manner; "he sniffed the perfume
          voluptuously"