Dictionary entry

Fleshly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flesh″ly (–ly̆), a. [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 fleshly arm

And fragile arms. Milton.

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11.