carnal
adjective
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual.
carnally
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a word derived from
carnal.
Example Sentences
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The Alsatian chef Antoine Westermann has built a poultry-focused bistro that’s more compelling and carnally satisfying than any modern steakhouse.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
I like the notion that they are temperamentally, rather than carnally, suited to each other.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2013
Then also a man is guilty of closet-iniquity when, though he doth not utterly live in the neglect of duty, he formally, carnally, and without reverence and godly fear, performs it.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by John Bunyan
Both were, at least carnally, children of Israel: they spoke Hebrew to the Hebrews.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
But we judge carnally, as unacquainted with the many noble and glorious designs which he hath in ordering matters.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown
