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unfleshly

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[uhn-flesh-lee] / ʌnˈflɛʃ li /

adjective

  1. not fleshly; not carnal or corporeal; spiritual.


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Etymology

Origin of unfleshly

First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + fleshly


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As she entered the drawing-room she came from out of doors, a slender, unfleshly figure, all intellect and idea.

From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline

The sacred and unfleshly calling of a bishop threw a protecting mantle over the modest shoulders of his wife and daughters; and these did not go unclad.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman

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