carnally

Variant of carnal

adjective

  1. in or of the flesh; bodily; material or worldly, not spiritual
  2. having to do with or preoccupied with bodily or sexual pleasures; sensual or sexual

Origin: ME & OFr < LL(Ec) carnalis, fleshly (in contrast to spiritalis, spiritual) < L caro (gen. carnis), flesh: for IE base see harvest

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