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flesh⋅ly

  [flesh-lee]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. of or pertaining to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal, or physical.
2. carnal; sensual: fleshly pleasures.
3. worldly, rather than spiritual.
4. having a sensuous quality: the fleshly poetry of the 17th century.
5. Obsolete. having much flesh; fleshy.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE flǣsclic. See flesh, -ly

Related forms:
flesh⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. See carnal.
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flesh·ly   (flěsh'lē)   
adj.   flesh·li·er, flesh·li·est
  1. Of or relating to the body; corporeal. See Synonyms at bodily.
  2. Of, relating to, or inclined to carnality; sensual.
  3. Not spiritual; worldly: fleshly pleasures.
  4. Tending to plumpness; fleshy.
flesh'li·ness n.
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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.

Fleshly

Flesh"ly\, adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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