fleshly
11fleshly — fleshliness, n. /flesh lee/, adj., fleshlier, fleshliest. 1. of or pertaining to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal, or physical. 2. carnal; sensual: fleshly pleasures. 3. worldly, rather than spiritual. 4. having a sensuous quality: the… …
12fleshly — See fleshly, fleshy …
13fleshly — flesh•ly [[t]ˈflɛʃ li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) of or pertaining to the flesh or body; corporeal 2) carnal; sensual: fleshly pleasures[/ex] 3) worldly, rather than spiritual 4) fleshy • Etymology: bef. 900 flesh′li•ness, n …
14fleshly, fleshy — Both these words refer to flesh and the body, but they should be distinguished in use. That which is fleshly is physical, bodily, corporeal, or carnal, sensual, and worldly : His belief in God caused him to give up all fleshly pursuits. Fleshy… …
15Fleshly School — The Fleshly School is the name given by Robert Buchanan to a realisticschool of poets, to which Rossetti, William Morris, and Swinburne belong …
16fleshly — adjective a) corporeal or bodily b) sensual …
17fleshly — Synonyms and related words: Adamic, Adamite, Adamitic, Circean, amorous, animal, animalistic, anthropocentric, anthropological, aphrodisiomaniacal, backsliding, bawdy, beastlike, beastly, bestial, bodily, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal… …
18fleshly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. corporeal, bodily; carnal, sensual. See humanity, body. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pertaining to the body] Syn. human, corporeal, physical, mundane; see bodily 1 . 2. [Sensual] Syn. carnal, erotic,… …
19fleshly — flesh|ly [ fleʃli ] adjective LITERARY physical or sexual …
20fleshly — adj. Wright’s L. P. p. 72 …
