1 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with the physical activity of sex:
sexual activity / behaviour / desire * They were not having a sexual relationship at the time. * Her interest in him is purely sexual. * sexual orientation (= whether you are heterosexual or homosexual) * a sexual partner (= a person who you have sex with)
2 [onlybeforenoun] connected with the process of producing young:
the sexual organs (= the penis, vagina, etc.) * sexual reproduction
3 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with the state of being male or female:
sexual characteristics / differences
sexually adverb:
sexually abused children * She finds him sexually attractive. * sexually explicit * Girls become sexually mature earlier than boys. * The disease is a threat to anyone who is sexually active.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sexual is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sexual a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sexual is tagged as adjective.
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