bedwise

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ -wise.

Adverb

bedwise (not comparable)

1. With regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex.
   • 1997, R[onald] Chetwynd-Hayes, “Rudolph”, in Stephen Jones, editor, The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium, London: Robinson Publishing, →ISBN, page 302:

     I mean, every woman there from sixteen to eighty was giving him the what-about-it-sign and I — let's be honest — had nothing bedwise to offer.

   • 1999, Carol Smith, Family Reunion, New York, N.Y.: Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 180:

     While the others got sorted out bedwise, Madeleine and Élodie lingered on in the kitchen and helped Clemency clear up the remains of the meal.

   • 2002, Anne Weale [pseudonym; Jay Blakeney], A Spanish Honeymoon, Richmond: Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 277:

     'What I didn't...still don't understand is why you held off from trying me out, bedwise, before taking me on as a wife,' said Liz. 'If you had been a shy man, awkward with women, it might have made sense. But for Valdecarrasca's notorious womaniser to hold back seemed very peculiar.'

   • 2009, Megan Abbott, Bury Me Deep, Waterville, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 300:

     She sitting here behind a crossbar and what of Joe Lanigan, sprawling bedwise with his nurse-whore?