Definition

Adverb: 1. In a manner characterized by or giving great sensual pleasure or luxury: The word describes an action done with or suggesting indulgence in sensory enjoyment, often related to touch, taste, or smell, in a lavish or luxurious way. 2. In a manner having a full, shapely, and sexually attractive figure: The word describes the quality of having generous, curved, and aesthetically pleasing bodily proportions.

Usage Examples

• Sense 1 (Indulgent Sensuality):
  • She sighed voluptuously while sinking into the warm, scented bath.
  • He ate the ripe peach voluptuously, savoring every juicy bite.
• Sense 2 (Shapely Curves):
  • The statue was carved voluptuously, emphasizing the goddess's rounded hips and full form.
  • The character was described as voluptuously built, with an hourglass silhouette.

Advanced Usage

• "voluptuously comfortable": Extremely and indulgently comfortable.
  • The armchair was voluptuously comfortable, inviting one to stay for hours.
• Used to describe non-physical things metaphorically, suggesting rich, enveloping quality.
  • The music swelled voluptuously, filling the concert hall with sound.

Variants and Related Words

• Voluptuous (adjective): Providing or involving great sensual pleasure; (of a woman) curvaceous and sexually attractive.
  • A voluptuous aroma filled the kitchen.
  • She had a voluptuous figure.
• Voluptuary (noun): A person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure.
• Voluptuousness (noun): The quality or state of being voluptuous.

Synonyms

• Sensuously: In a way that relates to the physical senses.
• Luxuriously: In a manner characterized by great comfort and extravagance.
• Sumptuously: In a manner that is splendid and expensive-looking.
• Curvaceously: In a manner having many curves, especially referring to a woman's body.

Antonyms

• Ascetically: In a manner that avoids sensual pleasures and luxuries.
• Sparsely: In a minimal, plain, or thinly scattered manner.
• Gauntly: In a manner that is lean, haggard, and bony.

Adverb

1. in an indulgently voluptuous manner
   • he sniffed the perfume voluptuously
2. in a shapely and voluptuous manner
   • a voluptuously curved woman