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  • The objects of gentle, platonic courtship from older women with gnarled knuckles and indulgent laughs.†  (source)
  • We continued to see each other in the music wing, but these interactions remained platonic, as if neither one of us wanted to mess with a good thing.†  (source)
  • We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite another matter.†  (source)
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  • "All those nights you've spent in Clary's bed, wrapped in your beautiful platonic embraces," she said, pressing her face against his shoulder so her voice was muffled.†  (source)
    platonic = loving, but not sexual
  • "Perhaps they loved one another platonically," he said to himself.†  (source)
    platonically = in a manner that is loving, but not sexual
  • And then he kissed me in the most unplatonic way possible under the crowded circumstances, and I was thrilled to remember that I'd been smart enough to lie about my age.†  (source)
    unplatonic = sexual or non-loving
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unplatonic means not and reverses the meaning of platonic. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • It was the strangest feeling; having Ian's arm around me in this very nonplatonic way reminded me oddly of my first experience with No Pain.†  (source)
    nonplatonic = romantic or sexual
    standard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonplatonic means not and reverses the meaning of platonic. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
  • It held its little wobbly head up on its shoulders-it didn't seem to have a neck-and observed me with a wise, Platonic expression.†  (source)
    Platonic = loving, but not sexual
  • The woman of great spirit who admired you platonically, just for your genius, your mills and your Metal!†  (source)
    platonically = in a manner that is loving, but not sexual
  • Some of the "Be Mines" that were stuck on the outside of cubicles were clearly platonic.†  (source)
    platonic = loving, but not sexual
  • Did you come with me quite—platonically?†  (source)
    platonically = in a manner that is loving, but not sexual
  • And wasn't it platonic for everyone else?†  (source)
    platonic = loving, but not sexual
  • Did you come with me quite—platonically?†  (source)
    platonically = in a manner that is loving, but not sexual
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