amorously
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am·o·rous
(ăm′ər-əs)adj.
1. Full of or strongly disposed to romantic love.
2. Indicative of love or sexual desire: an amorous glance.
3. Of or associated with love: an amorous poem.
4. Being in love; enamored: He had been amorous of her since the day they met.
[Middle English, from Old French amoureus, from Medieval Latin amōrōsus, from Latin amor, love, from amāre, to love.]
am′or·ous·ly adv.
am′or·ous·ness n.
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amorously
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