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
Who allows adequate weight to the metaphor in the Pauline phrase, "To be carnally minded is Death;" or in this, "The wages of sin is Death?"
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
Nearly the same phrase is used in the verse before, and is translated, “To be carnally minded is death.”
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
Dante had in mind the saying of the Apostle, "to be carnally minded is death."
From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell
