1. relating to the physical body rather than the spirit or mind
2. concerned with physical pleasures and desires

Examples

• The monk rejected all fleshly comforts in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment.
• She struggled between her fleshly desires and her moral principles.
• The painting depicted the contrast between fleshly beauty and spiritual truth.
• His fleshly appetites often got him into trouble.
• The sermon warned against the temptations of fleshly pleasures.
• Ancient philosophers debated the relationship between fleshly and spiritual existence.