FLESHLY

a. adv.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." Denham.

2.
a.

Animal; not Dryden.

3.
a.

Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i. 12. Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms. Milton.

4.
a.

Carnal; wordly; lascivious. Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11.

5.
adv.

In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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