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.
—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.
—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.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amatory
Adjective
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Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jonas also created the series, writing and executive producing, bringing the book’s erotic charge and its sense of shifting reality to the streamer.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gaines finished Martin's sexy coquette look with gray knee-socks by Capezio and vintage black-and-white wedges by Nicholas Kirkwood.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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Megan Fox marked her return to Instagram with some sexy new pictures.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The pair have an amorous meeting that will have consequences for the rest of the season.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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The amorous couple abandoned their spouses, children, and lives (and Wright his practice) in 1909 to spend a year together in Europe before relocating to Taliesin in 1911.—
Carrie Hojnicki,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Amatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amatory. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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