as in extracurricular
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
adulterine fiction often portrays the illicit lovers sympathetically
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Adjective
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While caddying, Bexley also maintained a perfect grade point average and took part in high school extracurricular activities and volunteer work.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Some Cyber Spartan teammates also participate in other extracurricular activities, making their time in the lab that much more important.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the gamesmanship, foreshadowing the adulterous antics of Harold Pinter’s plays, escalates perilously.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The unapologetically lurid tale of two families locked in an ever-complex cat’s cradle of class resentments and adulterous power plays also swarms with queen bees and jaw-droppingly muscular men that feel straight out of the Real Housewives playbook.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The latest tranche of Epstein documents is shedding new light on the relationship between Gates and the infamous financier, as well as the former’s extramarital affairs.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
26 Feb. 2026
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By 1986, Diana and Charles began having extramarital affairs.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Adulterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterine. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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