Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fleshly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fleshly \Flesh"ly\, a. [AS. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. ``Fleshly
bondage.'' --Denham.
2. Animal; not?vegetable. --Dryden.
3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. ``Fleshly
wisdom.'' --2 Cor. i. 12.
Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile
arms. --Milton.
4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul. --1 Pet. ii.
11.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fleshly \Flesh"ly\, adv.
In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fleshly
adj : of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal
instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a
sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual
pleasure without vice" [syn: {animal(a)}, {carnal}, {sensual}]
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