whorely en · ADJ
Etymology
From whore + -ly.
Meanings
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(rare) Of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.
So, since she had thrown away all her whorely jewels, she turned the umbilical cord into a necklace and wore it around her alabaster neck.
2013, Daniel Arasse, Take a Closer Look - Page 81:[…] the family spawned two kinds of women, the womanly woman and her negation, the whorely whore: the pure and the impure.
2013, Martha Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age - Page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most whorely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more whorely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |