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  • 111amorous — adjective involving or expressing sexual love: She resisted his amorous advances. amorously adverb amorousness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 112beautiful — adj Beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, bonny, comely, fair, beauteous, pulchritudinous, good looking are comparable when they express judgment of a person or a thing perceived or contemplated with sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. Although they… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 113intimately — adv 1. warmly, affectionately, tenderly, lovingly, fondly; closely, dearly, familiarly, confidingly, fraternally, inseparably; personally, privately, confidentially, secretly, privily. 2. sexually, carnally; amorously, amatorially, eroti cally,… …

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  • 114amorous — UK [ˈæmərəs] / US adjective relating to or involving sexual love amorous intentions/advances Derived word: amorously adverb …

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  • 115coo — [[t]ku[/t]] v. i. 1) to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves 2) to murmur or talk fondly or amorously 3) to utter by cooing 4) a cooing sound • Etymology: 1660–70; imit. coo′er, n. coo′ing•ly, adv …

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  • 116flirt — [[t]flɜrt[/t]] v. i. 1) to court playfully; act amorously, often without serious intentions 2) to trifle or toy, as with an idea 3) to move jerkily; dart about 4) to give a sudden or brisk motion to; wave smartly 5) to propel with a toss or jerk; …

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  • 117lovey-dovey — love•y dove•y [[t]ˈlʌv iˈdʌv i[/t]] adj. cvb inf amorously affectionate • Etymology: 1810–20 …

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  • 118necking — neck•ing [[t]ˈnɛk ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) inf the act of embracing, kissing, and caressing amorously; petting 2) archit. a molding or group of moldings between the projecting part of a capital of a column and the shaft • Etymology: 1795–1805 …

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  • 119toy — [[t]tɔɪ[/t]] n. 1) an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children to play with; plaything 2) a thing or matter of little or no value or importance; trifle 3) something diminutive, esp. in… …

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  • 120amorous — /ˈæmərəs / (say amuhruhs) adjective 1. inclined or disposed to love: *the nursing staff of the hospital was composed of women of amorous nature –xavier herbert, 1938. 2. in love; enamoured. 3. showing love: amorous sighs. 4. relating to love: *It …