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preliminary

mastery

/pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹi/nounadj

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Which meaning of 'preliminary' best matches its use in the sentence?

In the Chinese novels, often of a very literary character, devoted to masculine love, it seems that all the preliminaries and transports of normal love are to be found, while physical union may terminate the scene.