fleshly

flesh·ly (fl

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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.

fleshli·ness n.

fleshly [ˈflɛʃlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. relating to the body, esp its sensual nature; carnal fleshly desire

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) worldly as opposed to spiritual

3. fleshy; fat

fleshliness n

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Adj.

fleshly - marked by 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"

animal, carnal, sensual

physical - involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"

Translations

fleshly [ˈfleʃlɪ] ADJ (frm) [lusts, desires] → carnal, de la carne

fleshly

adj (+er)

(= corporeal) → fleischlich, leiblich

(fig: = sensual) pleasures, sin → fleischlich (fig), → sinnlich

(= worldly) → irdisch, menschlich

fleshly [ˈflɛʃlɪ] adj → sensuale

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animal
bodily
carnal
carnalism
carnality
charnel
corporal
Doppelganger
doppelgänger
earthly
Fleshiness
Fleshliness
Fleshling
fleshy
hylicism
hylism
material
mortal
mundane

Certainly, however, thou art averse to fleshly joys, and thou lovest honey.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

Of course there is the expression of an official in Pilate and of pity in Christ, seeing that one is the incarnation of the fleshly and the other of the spiritual life.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The doctor was there for the reason that in all such crowds there were many people who only imagined something was the matter with them, and many who were consciously sound but wanted the immortal honor of fleshly contact with a king, and yet others who pretended to illness in order to get the piece of coin that went with the touch.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

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