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sexlessly
adverb
uk /ˈseks.ləs.li/ us /ˈseks.ləs.li/
in a way that does not involve sex:
They shared the same bed, albeit sexlessly, while he stayed at her flat.
Many vegetable and animal organisms multiply sexlessly, for example by division.
in way that is not sexually attractive :
She was dressed rather sexlessly in a frumpy sweatshirt that hid her figure.
The last years of the couple's marriage were spent sexlessly before they agreed to divorce.
Single-celled plants and simple animals can divide sexlessly to form new plants and animals.
The character of the private detective was portrayed as sexlessly distant, too focused on work to care about flirting.
The story comes from a time when men and women on screen seemed to live sexlessly happy lives.
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