sexly

sexly

English

Etymology

sex +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksli/

Adjective

sexly (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Relating to a person's (bodily) sex.
   • 1601, Queen Elizabeth I, Golden Speech

     Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weaknesse, I were not worthy to live.

   • 1917, Richard Hayes McCartney, An Unclean Spirit, page 75:

     For surely in that time were those possessed

     Of Demons — making men's hearts a foul nest

     For other thoughts besides the sexly crime.

     Perchance, tho' seven Demons in her breast

     Such passions varied that gave her no rest

     Like Envy, Hate and Malice, which her soul had nursed

     Until her mind—desires and life accursed.

     I have to think that Mary surely pure

     Of sexly passion—in that way demure—

     But violent otherwise in fits of spite.

References

• sexly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913