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   Flesh·ly

   /ˈfleSHlē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to human desire or bodily appetites; sensual: "fleshly pleasures" Similar carnalsexualsensualeroticlustfullasciviouslibidinouslecherouslicentiouslewdprurientsalaciouscoarsephysicalanimalbestialgrosslubriciousvenerealOpposite spiritualnoble
   • 2. having an actual physical presence: "we will shed the lofty metaphysical Cage and incorporate the earlier dynamic and fleshly Cage" Similar physicalbodilycorporealcorporalmortalmaterialconcreteearthlyworldlymundaneof this worldrealactualtangiblesubstantialrare:somatic

   Word Origin Old Englishflǣsclic (see flesh, -ly1).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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