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Kind of affair
Answer for the clue "Kind of affair ", 12 letters:
extramarital
Word definitions for extramarital in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Taking place outside marriage. 2 adulterous
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also extra-marital , by 1844, from extra- + marital .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN affair ▪ Lawyers and presidents appear especially prone to getting trapped in extramarital affairs these days, at least in the view of Hollywood. ▪ The depositions touch on rumors of illegal drug use, extramarital ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband" [syn: adulterous , extracurricular ]
Usage examples of extramarital.
Ninth Circuit Court judge whose wife had beaned him with a fishbowl during an argument about his alledged extramarital affair--the assassination protocols had been downgraded.
Except for their presentation of several witnesses from Vaduz Exporters, to bolster their Article I charges against the President’s treasonable relationship with Wanda Gibson, except for their questioning of the Reverend Spinger and then his wife to further solidify Article I and give some credence to the extramarital liaison and preferential treatment to Crispus specifications in Article III, except for their parade of Washington experts to prove the New Succession Act was constitutional and the law of the land, and the questioning of Governor Talley to prove it had been violated by the President, which had invited Article IV, the House managers had presented only a series of shabby and inconsequential witnesses.
In contrast, the motivation of a woman participating in extramarital sex is more often self-reported as marital dissatisfaction.
We read of George Conway, one of the lawyers who played a crucial role in pushing Paula Jones's story, admitting that privately he didn't believe Jones's allegation at all but that her case must be pressed nonetheless because the point was to force a situation in which Clinton would have to lie under oath about extramarital sex.
The thought of journalists as moral arbiters in the field of extramarital sex is repugnant.
A bit on the side was one thing, but no fleeting episode of extramarital sex would be allowed in any way to threaten his domestic tranquillity.
The thought of the only possible consummation for the love between Charles and Leah sickened her, not because she had any outdated qualms about extramarital sex, but because this relationship only degraded the girl, emphasizing her status as a piece of property.
No drinking, no smoking, no caffeine, prayer five times a day, and no extramarital sex.
For example, the proximate cause of a marriage breakup may be a husband's discovery of his wife's extramarital affairs, but the ultimate explanation may be the husband's chronic insensitivity and the couple's basic incompatibility that drove the wife to affairs.