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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fleshly.wav Forms: fleshlier [comparative], fleshliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fleschly, from Old English flǣsċlīċ; equivalent to flesh + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleschly}} Middle English fleschly, {{inh|en|ang|flǣsċlīċ}} Old English flǣsċlīċ, {{suffix|en|flesh|ly|id2=adjectival}} flesh + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} fleshly (comparative fleshlier, superlative fleshliest)
  1. Of or relating to the body. Synonyms: bodily, corporeal Translations (of the body): плътски (plǎtski) (Bulgarian), телесен (telesen) (Bulgarian), ruumiillinen (Finnish), lihallinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fleshly-en-adj-CG5dO0Bl Disambiguation of 'of the body': 100 0 0 0
  2. Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh. Synonyms: fleshy
    Sense id: en-fleshly-en-adj-7XhIZgDF Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 10 42 44
  3. Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations. Synonyms: carnal, lascivious, sensual Translations (of pleasurable sensations): чувствен (čuvstven) (Bulgarian), aistillinen (Finnish), lihallinen (Finnish), sensuale (Italian), carnale (Italian), lascivo (Italian), lasciv (Romanian), trupesc (Romanian)
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  4. Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters. Synonyms: secular, worldly Translations (of non-spiritual matters): тленен (tlenen) (Bulgarian), lihallinen (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fleshliness, unfleshly
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fleshly.wav Forms: more fleshly [comparative], most fleshly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fleschly, from Old English flǣsċlīċe; equivalent to flesh + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleschly}} Middle English fleschly, {{inh|en|ang|flǣsċlīċe}} Old English flǣsċlīċe, {{suffix|en|flesh|ly|id2=adverbial}} flesh + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} fleshly (comparative more fleshly, superlative most fleshly)
  1. (archaic) In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:",
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          "ref": "a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 40:",
          "text": "[…] to unfold\nWhat Worlds, or what vast Regions hold\nThe immortal mind that hath forsook\nHer mansion in this fleshly nook:",
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          "ref": "1668, John Denham, “The Progress of Learning, Part 3”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, 4th edition, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "When from their fleshly Bondage they are free,\nThen what divine, and future things they see!",
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          "ref": "1795, Richard Cumberland, chapter 7, in Henry, volume 3, London: Charles Dilly, page 58:",
          "text": "those inward pains that agonize us more than all our fleshly wounds",
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          "ref": "1926, Walter de la Mare, “Missing”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare, London: Faber and Faber, published 1942, page 175:",
          "text": "We shook hands—though I doubt if a mere fleshly contact can express much while the self behind it is dumb with instinctive distaste.",
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          "ref": "1608, Thomas Middleton, A Mad World, My Masters, London: Walter Burre, act II:",
          "text": "[…] 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:",
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          "text": "1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Murray, Volume 2, pp. 52-53,\nIn almost all birds, except the carnivorous kinds, the male seems to have more power of development, which appears in their greater height, the strength of their muscles, and in certain excrescences, as fleshly membranes, spurs, &c. […]"
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          "ref": "1970, Patrick White, chapter 1, in The Vivisector, London: Penguin, page 14:",
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          "ref": "1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, New York: Modern Library, published 1932, Part 4, Chapter 2, p. 238:",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 1:12:",
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          "ref": "1857, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[.] Chapter 8”, in Scenes of Clerical Life [...] In Two Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published January 1858, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution: a self-obtrusive, over-hasty reformer complacently disclaiming all merit, while his friends call him a martyr, has not in reality a career the most arduous to the fleshly mind.",
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