— fleshliness , n.
/flesh"lee/ , adj., fleshlier, fleshliest .
1. of or pertaining to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal, or physical.
2. carnal; sensual: fleshly pleasures.
3. worldly, rather than spiritual.
4. having a sensuous quality: the fleshly poetry of the 17th century.
5. Obs. having much flesh; fleshy.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE flaesclic. See FLESH, -LY ]
Syn. 2. See carnal .