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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
fleshly
arm
And 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.