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virginally
adverb
uk /ˈvɜː.dʒɪ.nəl.i/ us /ˈvɝː.dʒɪ.nəl.i/
in a way that relates to being a virgin(= someone who has never had sex):
The Christian church teaches that Mary conceived Jesus virginally, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
She played his girlfriend, a role in which she managed to be both virginally shy and romantically aggressive.
in a way that seems very new, pure, or clean, rather than old, used, or spoiled:
This area of the coast, entirely preserved from development, remains virginally untouched.
The concluding pieces were delivered in so virginally fresh a manner that they felt more like a beginning than an ending.
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