erotically

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•rot•ic /ɪˈrɑtɪk/   adj. 

1. of, relating to, or about sexual love:
   erotic dreams.
2. tending to arouse sexual desire:
   erotic dancing.

e•rot•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•rot•ic  (i rot′ik), adj. Also, e•rot′i•cal. 

1. arousing or satisfying sexual desire:
   an erotic dance.
2. of, pertaining to, or treating of sexual love;
   amatory:
   an erotic novel.
3. subject to or marked by strong sexual desire.

n. 

4. Literature an erotic poem.
5. an erotic person.

• Greek erōtikós of love, caused by love, given to love, equivalent. to erōt- (stem of érōs) Eros + -ikos -ic
• 1615–25

e•rot′i•cal•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. sensuous, sexy, aphrodisiac, erogenous.