fleshly

Etymology

From flesh + -ly.

adj

1. Of or relating to the body.
   those inward pains that agonize us more than all our fleshly wounds 1795, Richard Cumberland, chapter 7, in Henry, volume 3, London: Charles Dilly, page 58
   We shook hands—though I doubt if a mere fleshly contact can express much while the self behind it is dumb with instinctive distaste. 1926, Walter de la Mare, “Missing”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare, London: Faber and Faber, published 1942, page 175
2. Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh.
   […] 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: 1608, Thomas Middleton, A Mad World, My Masters, London: Walter Burre, act II
   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, In 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. […]
   He touched the leaves of some of the glossy bushes to find out whether they felt as fleshly as they looked. [At least one U.S. edition has fleshy] 1970, Patrick White, chapter 1, in The Vivisector, London: Penguin, page 14
3. Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.
   A wave of desire for furious fleshly enjoyments went through him, making him want steaming dishes of food drenched in rich, spice-flavored sauces; making him want to get drunk on strong wine; to roll on thick carpets in the arms of naked, libidinous women. 1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, New York: Modern Library, published 1932, Part 4, Chapter 2, p. 238
4. Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters.

adv

1. (archaic) In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally.
2. 1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, published 1994, page 24: