lustfully
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Definition
- 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
- in a lustful manner
- he looked at the young woman lustfully