extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
-ˈma-rə-
: of, relating to, or being sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse : adulterous
an extramarital affair
Examples of extramarital in a Sentence
she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers
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Staff Author, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Take Ashley Madison for example, a dating website specifically marketed to people seeking extramarital affairs, which suffered a massive data breach in 2015.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Throughout the three-week murder trial, prosecutors said that the Colorado dentist killed his wife due to mounting financial pressures and an extramarital affair with a Texas orthodontist.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
The attorney general had faced allegations of taking part in an extramarital affair and corruption as a part of his 2023 impeachment trial.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 12 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for extramarital
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extramarital. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse
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