Literary notes about sensuously (AI summary)
The adverb “sensuously” functions to evoke a vivid, tactile richness that engages the reader’s bodily senses and emotional responses. In literature it is often used to describe scenes of natural beauty or artistic form, drawing attention to the palpable, almost physical experience of color, sound, and texture—as when the scent of new-mown hay fills the air [1] or sunlight caresses the body while walking through deep grass [2]. It also enhances character descriptions and actions, emphasizing both the aesthetic allure and the physical act of experience, whether in the portrayal of a sensuously attractive figure [3] or in an artistic portrayal of a character’s internal life, where touch and taste bridge the gap between intellect and emotion [4, 5]. In each case, “sensuously” enriches the narrative by merging perception with the sensory pleasures of the world.
- The meadows had been lately cut, and the smell of new-mown hay hung sensuously in the air.
— from The Call of the Town: A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir - Then I turned and went slowly up the hill, the sunlight falling warmly on my body, and my feet sinking sensuously in the deep grass.
— from The Chamber of Life by Green Peyton - She was a striking-looking woman, dark of hair and skin, and in life she must have been sensuously attractive.
— from The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve - Amaryllis felt it deliciously, sensuously, and took joy in that she was touching him.
— from The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn - I asked, entwining my arm about her neck, so that her sensuously-beautiful head pillowed itself upon my shoulder.
— from Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara by William Le Queux
