Definition of "sensuality" [sen•su•al•i•ty]

• The quality or state of being sensual or lascivious. (noun)
• Excessive devotion to sensual pleasure. (noun)

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• "As I began to read I found, that like foreplay, the first two stories built in sensuality to the full on sexual bite of the third."
• "In the German songbook during the Weimar, including his collaborations with Brecht, Kurt Weill used elements of jazz as an expression of sensuality, but also as a satirical element."
• "But the inherent sensuality is there in full measure."