whorely

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.

Scrabble 16

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adjectivewhorely (comparative more whorely, superlative most whorely)

comparative more whorely · superlative most whorely

  1. rareOf, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.

    […] the family spawned two kinds of women, the womanly woman and her negation, the whorely whore: the pure and the impure.

    2013, Martha Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age - Page 168
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    So, since she had thrown away all her whorely jewels, she turned the umbilical cord into a necklace and wore it around her alabaster neck.

    2013, Daniel Arasse, Take a Closer Look - Page 81

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APA

whorely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whorely

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whorely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whorely.

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