non-sexually

alternative nonsexually

1. not comparableIn a non-sexual manner; not sexually.

   ‘We love each other,’ said Simon Helberg, who plays Wolowitz. ‘Non-sexually, mostly,’ added Kunal Nayyar, who plays Koothrappali.

   2010 July 28, Maria Elena Fernandez, “TCA Press Tour: Love is in the air on ‘The Big Bang Theory’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026

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   We believed that our only problem was that we weren't having sex, and so did the therapist, who promptly assigned us exercises where we were told to touch each others' bodies non-sexually at first, giving feedback on a scale of 1 to 10.

   2005 July 8, AC, “Private lives”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2014

   Adapted from Kent Haruf’s posthumously published novel, the film follows two aging, widowed Colorado neighbors, who make a pact to sleep together every evening — non-sexually — just for the reassurance of human contact.

   2017 September 30, Noel Murray, “New video: 'David Lynch: The Art Life' spotlights the one-of-a-kind director”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2017