extramarital

adjective ex·tra·mar·i·tal \ ˌek-strə-ˈmer-ə-tᵊl , -ˈma-rə- \

|Updated on: 6 Jun 2018

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Definition of extramarital

: of, relating to, or being sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse : adulterous

an extramarital affair

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Examples of extramarital in a Sentence

she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers

Recent Examples of extramarital from the Web

The governor also was indicted on invasion-of-privacy charges in February in St. Louis for allegedly taking an unauthorized and compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair in 2015, before he was elected.

— david a. lieb and jim salter, chicagotribune.com, "Prosecutor dropping computer tampering case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens," 30 May 2018
Of The Matter McEuen served as a kind of ambassador to Gary Hart's 1988 presidential campaign during its visit to Nashville in the spring of 1987 -- just a week before news of an extramarital affair blew him out of the running.

— gary graff, Billboard, "'Forrest Gump With a Banjo' John McEuen Reflects on Run-Ins With Brad Paisley, Brooke Shields & More," 23 May 2018
In between came an extramarital affair, plenty of scandal, two divorces, and a whole lot of heartbreak.

— caroline picard, Good Housekeeping, "Why Prince Charles Didn’t Marry Camilla Parker Bowles in the First Place," 17 May 2018
No one was eager to tarnish the memory of President Harding, a devoted golfer with fair hair, a poor diet, and a penchant for extramarital affairs.

— kevin baker, The New Republic, "Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump," 17 May 2018
Trump's personal transgressions, including alleged extramarital affairs, came up only obliquely and were also were colored by voters' overall opinions of the president.

— NBC News, "Views of Mueller probe are deeply partisan, but both sides say Trump shouldn't fire him," 16 May 2018
Now Missouri's governor, Greitens was to face trial this week on a felony invasion-of-privacy charge stemming from an extramarital affair.

— Fox News, "Greitens' displayed ambition, from childhood through career," 14 May 2018
Virginia Tech Co-defensive coordinator Galen Scott’s abrupt resignation late last month after the revelation of his alleged involvement in an extramarital affair clouded whatever progress Virginia Tech made on the field this spring.

— chris johnson, SI.com, "Post-Spring Top 25: Resetting the Pecking Order at the Offseason's Midpoint," 10 May 2018
One of those reports said Lauer had an extramarital affair with a colleague at NBC News.

— stephen battaglio, latimes.com, "Internal review says NBC News didn't know of any sexual harassment involving Matt Lauer before his firing," 9 May 2018

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