a. Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sclīc. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. “Fleshly bondage.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. “Fleshly wisdom.” 2 Cor. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]