Definition

1. Adverb:
   • With intense or uncontrolled sexual desire: The adverb "lustfully" describes the manner of doing something while showing strong, often unrestrained, sexual passion or appetite.
   • In a manner driven by intense craving: While primarily sexual, it can sometimes be used more broadly to describe an intense, greedy desire for something.

Usage

• "Lustfully" modifies verbs to describe how an action is performed, specifically with strong sexual desire.
• It is typically used to describe looks, gazes, thoughts, or actions.
• The word often carries a negative connotation of being uncontrolled, excessive, or inappropriate.

Examples

• Modifying a verb of perception:
  • He looked at the young woman lustfully. (His gaze was filled with strong sexual desire.)
  • She stared lustfully at the painting, as if she wanted to possess it. (Her stare showed an intense, almost greedy, longing.)
• Modifying an action:
  • The character in the novel dreamed lustfully of power and wealth. (His dreams were driven by an intense, craving desire.)

Advanced Usage

• Literary/Descriptive Context: Used in literature and descriptive writing to convey a character's inner state of intense desire.
  • The villain smiled lustfully, already imagining his victory.
• Figurative Extension: Occasionally used in a non-sexual, hyperbolic way to emphasize an overwhelming craving.
  • The food critic eyed the dessert lustfully.

Variants and Related Words

• Lustful (adjective): Filled with or driven by intense sexual desire.
  • a lustful gaze
• Lust (noun): Intense sexual desire or a powerful craving for something.
• Lustiness (noun): The quality of being hearty, vigorous, or healthy (note: this is a different, though historically related, meaning).

Synonyms

• Lecherously: In a lecherous manner, showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.
• Carnally: In a manner relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.
• Desirously: With desire or longing (can be less intense and not exclusively sexual).
• Covetously: With envious desire for something belonging to another (often for possessions, not typically sexual).

Antonyms

• Platonically: In a non-sexual, spiritual, or intellectual manner.
• Chastely: In a virtuous, pure, or celibate manner.
• Indifferently: Without interest or concern.

Adverb

1. in a lustful manner
   • he looked at the young woman lustfully