fleshly

fleshly (ˈflɛʃlɪ)

—*adj* , -lier, -liest
1.	relating to the body, esp its sensual nature; carnal: fleshly desire
2.	worldly as opposed to spiritual
3.	fleshy; fat

'fleshliness

—n

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Example sentences

Its adherents are motivated by feelings of guilt, and the urge to atone for fleshly sins.

It is a painful world, a vale of tears where ghosts jostle the beautiful fleshly living for a place in the fanatic heart.

Some of that sequence is speeded up, to show the relentless drive of fleshly decay.

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Related Words

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hypothenar physical

Matching Quote

"To endow the writer publicly with a good fleshly body, to reveal that he likes dry white wine and underdone steak, is to make even more miraculous for me, and of a more divine essence, the products of his art. Far from the details of his daily life bringing nearer to me the nature of his inspiration and making it clearer, it is the whole mystical singularity of his condition which the writer emphasizes by such confidences. For I cannot but ascribe to some superhumanity the existence of beings vast enough to wear blue pajamas at the very moment when they manifest themselves as universal conscience."

-Roland Barthes

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