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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
     [also: {fleshliest}, {fleshlier}]
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