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voluptuously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\, a. [F. voluptueux L. voluptuosus, fr voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully; probably akin to Gr ? to hope, ? hope, and to L. velle to wish. See {Voluntary}.] 1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey. 2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications. ``The jolly and voluptuous livers.'' --Atterbury. Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life. --Milton. -- {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly}, adv -- {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: voluptuously adv 1: in a shapely and voluptuous manner; "a voluptuously curved woman" 2: in an indulgently voluptuous manner; "he sniffed the perfume voluptuously"
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