Definition of Sexually attractive

1. Adjective. Capable of arousing desire. "The delectable Miss Haynes"

Exact synonyms: Delectable
Similar to: Desirable

Literary usage of Sexually attractive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"... in the first place, intended, not to conceal or even to protect the body, but, in large part, to render it sexually attractive, is fully proved. ..."

2. Psychopathology by Edward John Kempf (1920)
"... in some manner this particular person is either sexually attractive to him or is very intimately associated with someone who is sexually attractive. ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"He also found that males which had just coupled with females proved sexually attractive to other males. It is not just certain that Feré was correct in ..."

4. The Unmarried Mother: A Study of Five Hundred Cases by Percy Gamble Kammerer (1918)
"... the advances of various men who are sexually attractive to her, and so accepts such advances with nothing more than a momentary emotional attachment. ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"Conversely the beauty of painting, sculpture, and poetry is enhanced by incorporating sexually attractive features; it would be nonsense to assert that ..."

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