osculatory
- a word derived from osculate.
- a word derived from osculation.
Example Sentences
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I am afraid music is a foreign language to Professor Gore also, with his talk of "osculatory orchestration" and similar tripe.
From Time Magazine Archive
But up to that time we had kept the osculatory incident a profound secret.
From More Tish by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
"Oh, Marcia, is that you?" says a high, sweet voice, with a little complaining note running through it, and then there is a pause, evidently filled up by an osculatory movement.
From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe
The meeting of the two was not marked by the effusion vocal, gymnastical, osculatory and catechetical that distinguishes the greetings of their unprofessional sisters in society.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
That was no nice language for a lady, but it put the brakes on Wilbur's osculatory aspirations so quick that he stopped with a jolt.
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth
