MEANING
Relating to romantic or sexual love.
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- amatory letters
- amatory verse
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The amatory letters were hidden among the household accounts.
He recognized the amatory verse before he recognized the handwriting.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more amatory; superlative most amatory where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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