heterosexuallyadv.
/ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəli/, /ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃᵿli/, /ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃl̩i/, /ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊ(ə)li/, U.S. /ˌhɛdəroʊˈsɛkʃ(əw)əli/ Originally Psychology and Psychoanalysis.
In a heterosexual manner; with regard to or in terms of heterosexual sex or heterosexuality.
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1895 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 5 60 Those..who may develop homosexually or heterosexually with almost equal ease, are often guided by the restrictions imposed upon or by the liberty permitted them.
1913 Psychoanalytic Rev. 1 313 These people are not adapted to love heterosexually.
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xxi. 630 In the early twenties..heterosexually oriented males are..marrying in great numbers.
1959 W. Ehrmann Premarital Dating Behavior ii. 55 Sexual intercourse is considered to be the most advanced stage, heterosexually speaking, to which an individual can go.
1990 Times 16 Oct. 24/1 HIV infections acquired heterosexually have gone up by 57 per cent.
2015 R. F. Plante Sexualities in Context Introd. p. ix The Pill gives heterosexually active women some measure of freedom, autonomy, and control of the body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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