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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by the appetites and passions of the body;
- Example: "animal instincts"
- Example: "carnal knowledge"
- Example: "fleshly desire"
- Example: "a sensual delight in eating"
- Example: "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
[syn: animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

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.
                                                  11.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fleshly
    adj 1: 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" [syn: animal(a), carnal,
           fleshly, sensual]