• Fleshly

    Origin

    From flesh + -ly.

    Full definition of fleshly

    Adjective

    fleshly

    1. corporeal or bodily
      • DenhamFleshly bondage.
    2. sensual; carnal; lascivious
      • Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
    3. worldly
      • Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12Fleshly wisdom.
    4. (obsolete) animal; not vegetable

    Adverb

    fleshly

    1. (obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
      • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV:thou knew the doughter of Kyng Pelles fleyshly, and on her thou begatist Sir Galahad ....
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