adulterous
adjective
adul·ter·ous
ə-ˈdəl-t(ə-)rəs 
: relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery
an adulterous affair
an adulterous wife
adulterously
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of adulterous in a Sentence
had an adulterous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage
Recent Examples on the Web
Allen also evokes Jean Renoir’s adulterous roundelay The Rules of the Game (widely considered the greatest film of all time) during Fanny’s country outing, when Jean indulges his taste for deer-hunting.
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Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Rush appeared as Marsha Russell, a woman caring for her teen daughter amid a messy divorce with an adulterous husband.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
But the stories seemed to her more insidious and more familiar, too: The trope of the adulterous wife is as old as time.
—Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Reviewers have praised their ability to uncover adulterous behavior.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
There had been famous and adulterous couples before, but not in wide-screen, and not with the glut and the glare that came to be so pronounced in the case of Burton and Taylor.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Later in the play, after Babbitt catches an adulterous second wind, Broderick turns the character’s attempt to sit on some pillows on the floor into a moment of giddy physical comedy that had the La Jolla Playhouse audience seizing up in hilarity and no doubt a little sympathetic discomfort.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Jamila and Antek continue their assignations at greater and greater risk, leading to a dramatic chain of events that culminates with the villagers violently turning on the adulterous bride.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
Duggar reportedly spent around $987 for two different monthly subscriptions to the adulterous dating website between February 2013 and May 2015.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 5 July 2023
Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Rush appeared as Marsha Russell, a woman caring for her teen daughter amid a messy divorce with an adulterous husband.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
But the stories seemed to her more insidious and more familiar, too: The trope of the adulterous wife is as old as time.
—Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Reviewers have praised their ability to uncover adulterous behavior.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
There had been famous and adulterous couples before, but not in wide-screen, and not with the glut and the glare that came to be so pronounced in the case of Burton and Taylor.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Later in the play, after Babbitt catches an adulterous second wind, Broderick turns the character’s attempt to sit on some pillows on the floor into a moment of giddy physical comedy that had the La Jolla Playhouse audience seizing up in hilarity and no doubt a little sympathetic discomfort.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Jamila and Antek continue their assignations at greater and greater risk, leading to a dramatic chain of events that culminates with the villagers violently turning on the adulterous bride.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
Duggar reportedly spent around $987 for two different monthly subscriptions to the adulterous dating website between February 2013 and May 2015.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 5 July 2023
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adulterous
adjective
adul·ter·ous
ə-ˈdəl-tə-rəs
: relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery
adulterously
adverb
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