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Webster 1913 Edition
Fleshly
Flesh′ly
(flĕsh′ly̆)
, Adj.
[AS.
flǣsclīc
.] 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
And fragile arms.
fleshly
armAnd fragile arms.
Milton.
4.
Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
1 Pet. ii. 11.
Flesh′ly
,adv.
In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fleshly
FLESH'LY
, a.1.
Pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.2.
Carnal; worldly; lascivious.Abstain from fleshly lusts. 1Pet. 2.
3.
Animal; not vegetable.4.
Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.Vain of fleshly arm.
Fleshly wisdom. 2Cor. 1.
Definition 2024
fleshly
fleshly
English
Adjective
fleshly (comparative fleshlier, superlative fleshliest)
- corporeal or bodily
- Denham
- Fleshly bondage.
- Denham
- sensual; carnal; lascivious
- Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11
- Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
- Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11
- worldly
- Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12
- Fleshly wisdom.
- Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12
- (obsolete) animal; not vegetable
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Translations
corporeal, bodily
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sensual
worldly
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Adverb
fleshly (comparative more fleshly, superlative most fleshly)
- (obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
- Syr said Launcelot ye saye that that good knyȝt is my sone That ouȝtest thow to knowe and no man better said the good man / For thow knewest the doughter of kyng Pelles flesshely / and on her thow begattest Galahad / And that was he that at the feest of Pentecost satte in the sege peryllous
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV: