Meanings
comparative more sexually · superlative most sexually
- In a sexual manner; erotically.
She kissed him sexually.
- With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.
- With respect to sexual intercourse.
He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.
- By means of sexual intercourse.
A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.
2 more examples
AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.
NBC, never shy about exploiting a celebrity tragedy, overproduced and overpromoted her film in “Farrah’s Story,” but never made the public service point that, besides abstinence, the HPV vaccine is the most promising form of prevention against this type of cancer, which in most cases is sexually acquired.
2009 June 26, Alessandra Stanley, “Farrah Fawcett, a Sex Symbol Who Aimed Higher”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsexually
Translations
Catalan sexualment, sexualment
- sexualmentin a sexual manner
- sexualmentwith respect to intercourse
Czech sexuálně
- sexuálněin a sexual manner
Esperanto sekse
- seksein a sexual manner
Estonian seksuaalselt, seksuaalselt
- seksuaalseltin a sexual manner
- seksuaalseltby means of intercourse
- seksuaalseltwith respect to intercourse
Finnish seksuaalisesti, seksuaalisesti
- seksuaalisestiin a sexual manner
- seksuaalisestiby means of intercourse
- sukupuolittainwith respect to sex (division)
- seksuaalisestiwith respect to intercourse
French sexuellement
- sexuellementin a sexual manner
German sexuell
- sexuellin a sexual manner
Greek σεξουαλικά
- σεξουαλικά (sexoualiká)in a sexual manner
Italian sessualmente
- sessualmentein a sexual manner
Norwegian Bokmål seksuelt, seksuelt
- seksueltin a sexual manner
- seksueltby means of intercourse
Portuguese sexualmente, sexualmente
- sexualmentein a sexual manner
- sexualmenteby means of intercourse
- sexualmentewith respect to sex (division)
- sexualmentewith respect to intercourse
Russian сексуа́льно, половы́м путём
- сексуа́льно (sɛksuálʹno)in a sexual manner
- половы́м путём (polovým putjóm)by means of intercourse
- по полово́му при́знаку (po polovómu príznaku)with respect to sex (division)
- сексуа́льно (sɛksuálʹno)with respect to intercourse
Slovak sexuálne, pohlavne
- sexuálnein a sexual manner
- pohlavneby means of intercourse
- rodovowith respect to sex (division)
- sexuálnewith respect to intercourse
Spanish sexualmente, sexualmente
- sexualmentein a sexual manner
- sexualmenteby means of intercourse
- sexualmentewith respect to sex (division)
- sexualmentewith respect to intercourse
Swedish sexuellt, sexuellt
- sexuelltin a sexual manner
- sexuelltby means of intercourse
- köns-with respect to sex (division)
- sexuelltwith respect to intercourse
Cite this entry
sexually. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexually
“sexually.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexually. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexually,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexually.
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