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Definition of Sexlessly
1. [adv]
Literary usage of Sexlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"It is propagated sexlessly, by vegetative propagation, from "seed" tubers and,
consequently, all the plants within one clone are genetically identical. ..."
2. Woman by Vance Thompson (1917)
"but it did not "bud sexlessly," as the old scientist said; it was born of that
urge of opposites, which you see sparkling in the two magnetic poles. ..."
3. The Human Body and Its Connexion with Man: Illustrated by the Principal Organs by James John Garth Wilkinson (1851)
"No one ever heard of an acephalous monster going to church or taking a hand at
whist ; on the other hand, it is walked out of the ranks sexlessly and ..."
4. The human body and its connexion with man by James John G. Wilkinson (1860)
"No one ever heard of an acephalous monster going to church, or taking a hand at
whist; on the other hand, it is walked out of the ranks sexlessly and ..."
5. The Plants by Grant Allen (1902)
"... and it is essentially similar to the way in which the single-celled plant or
the simple animal divides itself sexlessly into two or more little plant- ..."
6. The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips (1909)
"It is always a novel sensation for a wom? with any claim to physical charm to
find herself regard--j impersonally—sexlessly. That is usually anything but ..."
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