Definitions for adultery

adultery a·dul·ter·y

Spelling: [uh-duhl-tuh-ree]
IPA: /əˈdʌl tə ri/

Adultery is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 319 anagrams from letters in adultery (adelrtuy).

Definitions for adultery

noun

  1. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.

Origin of adultery

1325-75; Middle English adulterie Latin adulterium, equivalent to adulter (see adulterer) + -ium -ium; replacing Middle English a(d)voute

Examples for adultery

adultery does not of itself entail the dissolution of marriage.

Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.

It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

Typically, adultery charges are added to cases where there have been other offenses.

She often seeks divorce, even when adultery has not taken place.

She told me once that it was better to talk about adultery than to commit it!

Like the women in the sack of Ismail, they sit them down and watch for the adultery to begin.

The opera is a dark and passionate tale of adultery and greed.

If there are children by this adultery, he will provide for them.

Pounding is charged with one count each of assault, adultery, and conduct unbecoming an officer.

Word Value for adultery
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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