What does "fleshly" mean?
Fleshly: Animal; not Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i.
- 3.Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms. Milton.
- 4.Carnal; wordly; lascivious. Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii.
- 5.In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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