as in erotic
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
amatory letters that kept their love alive during the years they were separated by war
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Recent Examples of amatory
The brilliant young Mozart, only 34 at the time of the premiere, lifted this ludicrous amatory romp into sublime heights with his music.
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Jeremy Yudkin,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 July 2023
Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2023
Peacock, talented, attractive, amatory, and a good friend to the bohemian Shelley circle, married, rather surprisingly, a Welsh parson’s daughter, Jane Gryffydh, who was ill at ease in London and developed life-long mental illness after the death of one of her children.
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Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
17 Nov. 2020
Jeremy Yudkin,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 July 2023
Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
—
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2023
Peacock, talented, attractive, amatory, and a good friend to the bohemian Shelley circle, married, rather surprisingly, a Welsh parson’s daughter, Jane Gryffydh, who was ill at ease in London and developed life-long mental illness after the death of one of her children.
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Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
17 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amatory
Adjective
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Working with the fingertip has a sensuosity which is erotic and raw; there is something very direct about this process of drawing, rubbing, scratching and erasing.
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As Deadline reported, Dobrev is attached to headline and executive produce erotic thriller series Night Float in the works at Fifth Season.
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Sade, the band led by the singer of the same name, which is known for producing some of the sexiest jazz/pop/R&B hybrids of all time, is technically still active, even if the outfit has not released a new album in more than a decade and a half.
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Diehards were inflamed that their sexless music was linked to sexy dark romance clips.
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Lovebugs — the annoying, gooey black insects that splatter on your car’s windshield and grille while in an amorous embrace — have returned in mass numbers this month after recent concerns by experts that the bugs may have been headed for extinction.
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The talk of the talk show hosts' gathering included the state of late-night television, amorous encounters with guests and one high-profile hate-watcher.
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“Amatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amatory. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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