Fleshly
['fleʃlɪ] or ['flɛʃli]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.
(a.) Animal; not/vegetable.
(a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
(a.) Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
(adv.) In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.
Inputed by Clara
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Human, of flesh.[2]. Carnal, sensual, lustful, lascivious, lecherous.
Checker: Lorrie
Examples
- Yet, stay for a while, O Power of goodness and strength; disdain not yet this rent shrine of fleshly mortality, O immortal Capability! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They said of old the Soul had human shape, But smaller, subtler than the fleshly self, So wandered forth for airing when it pleased. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Lorrie