voluptuously
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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
- in an indulgently voluptuous manner
- he sniffed the perfume voluptuously
- in a shapely and voluptuous manner
- a voluptuously curved woman