Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleshly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: flesh-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the body.

adj

Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh.

adj

Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.

adj

Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters.

adv

In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] in the body of this fleshly land, This kingdom, this confine of blood and breath, Hostility and civil tumult reigns Between my conscience and my cousin’s death."
"[…] to unfold What Worlds, or what vast Regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook:"
"When from their fleshly Bondage they are free, Then what divine, and future things they see!"
"those inward pains that agonize us more than all our fleshly wounds"
"We shook hands—though I doubt if a mere fleshly contact can express much while the self behind it is dumb with instinctive distaste."
"[…] lay on load enough vpon e’m, and spare e’m not, for the’re good plump fleshly Asses, and may well enough beare it:"

Etymology

From Middle English fleschly, from Old English flǣsċlīċ; equivalent to flesh + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fleschly, flǣsċlīċ, flǣsċlīċe
Suffix: flesh

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

fleshlier (comparative) fleshliest (superlative) more fleshly (comparative) most fleshly (superlative)

Derived Forms

fleshlihood fleshlily fleshliness unfleshly

Synonyms

bodily corporeal fleshy carnal lascivious sensual secular worldly

Antonyms

heavenly spiritual

Questions

What does fleshly mean?: Of or relating to the body.
Where does fleshly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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