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sexual

se·xual

UK/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/ US/sɛk.sju.əl/ common

adjective

1.

of or relating to or characterized by sexuality

  • “sexual orientation”
  • “sexual distinctions”
2.

having or involving sex

  • “sexual reproduction”
  • “sexual spores”
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3.

involved in a sexual relationship

  • “the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife”
  • “she had been intimate with many men”
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Phrases

  • genetic sexual attraction
  • have sexual relations
  • persistent sexual arousal syndrome
  • sexual abuse
  • sexual act
  • sexual anorexia
  • sexual anorexic
  • sexual appetite

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