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单词 sexly
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sexlyadj.

Brit. /ˈsɛksli/, U.S. /ˈsɛksli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sex n.1, -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < sex n.1 + -ly suffix1. Compare slightly earlier sexual adj.
rare (now archaic).
Characteristic of or associated with a particular sex, esp. the female sex.
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sexed1605
sexlyc1628
sexual1650
sexuated1878
sexuate1882
gendered1945
c1628 Queene Elizabeths Speech to Last Parl. sig. A3v Should I ascribe any of these things vnto my selfe, or my sexly weakenesse, I were not worthy to liue.
1869 H. Bushnell Women's Suffrage iv. 78 He indorses and sanctions the grand first truth of the sexly nature seen by us all.
1929 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Jan. (Theatres section) 2/1 When Miss Fontane..exerts her sexly influence upon him, he trembles with the conventional weakness.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxviii. 203 You [sc. a woman] are hampered by no sexly weakness: as fit as any man living to undertake it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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