amatory

amatory
amatorially, adv.
/am"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love: amatory poems; an amatory look. Also, amatorial.
[1590-1600; < L amatorius, equiv. to ama- (s. of amare to love) + -torius -TORY1]
Syn. amorous, ardent, passionate.

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