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adulterous Definition

adul·ter·ous (ə dultər əs)

adjective

relating to, characterized by, or guilty of, adultery

adulterous Related Forms

adul·ter·ously adverb

adulterous Synonyms

adulterous

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adulterous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • affair: For good measure he also declared his late brother a bastard, the product of an adulterous affair of his mothers.
  • wife: The woman he married, Gomer, was, however, " an adulterous wife " .
  • liaison: Would they have done so if she had indeed been the partner in an adulterous liaison with the man they both venerated?
  • generation: In Matthew 12 and Matthew 16 the Lord speaks of ' an evil and an adulterous generation ' .
  • husband: Kelly is the jail's most famous inmate and awaits trail for the murder of her adulterous husband and sister.
  • relationship: I have often wondered why, then, he accepted Jane's adulterous relationship with Rossetti.

Modifying Another Word

spiritually: This is a people who are being both literally and spiritually adulterous.

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