tantricallyadv.
/ˈtantrᵻkli/, /ˈtʌntrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈtɑntrək(ə)li/, /ˈtəntrək(ə)li/, /ˈtæntrək(ə)li/ By means of or in accordance with Tantrism; in a Tantric manner.Frequently with reference or allusion to sexual practices associated with, or held to be characteristic of, Tantrism; cf. Tantric adj. 2.
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1936 Indian Hist. Q. Dec. 673 The invocation of the goddess Parvatī on a properly, I mean, tantrically made seat.
1998 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 61 360/2 They use tantrically trained Newar rājopādhyāya brahmins as intermediaries to enable them to honour Bhagavati.
2016 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 June 13 A surprisingly vivid sex scene with a tantrically inclined bachelor..that is very funny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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adv.1936- to hold under one's abandon
- to hold under one's girdle
- to hold up
- to hold up by the chin
- to hold up oil
- to hold up one's head
- to hold up one's nose
- to hold up the parade
- to hold wag
- to hold waken
- to hold ward
- to hold way
- to hold weight with
- to hold with
- to hold with arch for
- to hold with arch of
- to hold with arch on
- to hold with his bill in the water
- to hold with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise
- to hold, have scorn at, of
- to hold, keep a or one's seat
- to hold, keep a thing dern
- to hold, keep dern