| 单词 |
sensually |
| 释义 |
sensually, adv.|ˈsɛnʃuːəlɪ|
[f. sensual a. + -ly2.]
In a sensual manner.
†1. In a manner perceptible to the senses. Obs.
1624Gataker Transubst. 109 That the very body of Christ in the Eucharist is broken with the Priest's hands..not sacramentally only, but sensually. 1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xi. 193 They cannot sensually but only in a sacramental, or representative way, be handled by the Priest.
2. With a view to the gratifying of the senses.
1630Massinger Picture ii. i, Succeeding times..would instruct Their fairest issue to meete sensually, Like other creatures. c1655A. Sidney in 19th Cent. Jan. (1884) 59 An Angell loves spiritually;..a man that is composed of reason and sense, rationally and sensually both together.
3. With subservience to the senses or the lower nature; with undue indulgence of the physical appetites; lustfully, licentiously.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 220 They shall neuer be wise or sober, so long as they be so sensually disposed. a1618Raleigh Mahomet (1637) 51 He spared not sensually to follow in enticing and forcing mens wives and daughters.
Comb.1662H. More Philos. Writ. (1712) Pref. Gen. 8 For there is a sanctity even of Body and Complexion, which the sensually-minded do not so much as dream of. |
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