dictionary definitions for "fleshly"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fleshly \Flesh"ly\, adv.
     In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.]
     --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fleshly \Flesh"ly\ (fl[e^]sh"l[y^]), a. [AS. fl[=ae]scl[imac]c.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly
        bondage." --Denham.
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     2. Animal; not vegetable. --Dryden.
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     3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly
        wisdom." --2 Cor. i. 12.
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              Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
              And fragile arms.                     --Milton.
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     4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
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              Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
              soul.                                 --1 Pet. ii.
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