carnallyadv.
/ˈkɑːnəli/, /ˈkɑːnl̩i/, U.S. /ˈkɑrnəli/ 1. Corporeally, bodily; ‘in the flesh’.
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the world > life > the body > [adverb]
lichamlyc900
fleshlyc1230
bodilyc1370
(to raise or rise) in flesh and fellc1375
after the fleshc1384
outwardc1390
in flesh and bonea1400
naturally1439
corporally1483
corporate1495
corporatelya1513
animally1535
carnally1539
in flesh and blood1598
physicallyc1600
fleshlily1614
body-wise1620
all over1633
in (the) flesh1651
corporeally1664
body-like1674
somatically1847
bodily-wise1869
1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 43 That Christe..shall reygne with all his sayntes here in erthe carnally.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Men do not beleue that God is among them, vnlesse he shew himself carnally present.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. E4 What saies the diuill..for Ime sure thou art carnally possest with him.
1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. III. 21 Gross men, carnally deaf from eating garlic and onions.
2. In the way of carnal intercourse.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adverb]
fleshlyc1175
carnally1474
cardinallya1616
sexually1655
venereally1945
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 133 He knew his doughters carnelly.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII xii To the whiche prince Arthur, the said lady Catherine was lawfully maried, and by him carnallie knowen.
c1610 Female Saints (1886) 180 Some may thinke perhaps that..he vsed her carnallie.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xviii. 20.
1686 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 176 Being Carnally Concerned with a Woman Servant.
3. In an unspiritual manner; as a ‘carnal’ or unregenerate person; ‘according to the flesh’.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adverb]
fleshlyc1175
temporallyc1380
materiallya1398
naturallya1513
carnally1527
physically1583
grossly1585
worldwarda1617
terrenelya1638
elementarily1643
crassly1664
tangibly1847
incarnately1856
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adverb]
worldlyeOE
bodilyc1370
unghostlya1400
carnally1527
civilly1577
worldwarda1617
secularly1840
worldwards1845
materialistically1852
unspiritually1871
1527 W. Tyndale Doctr. Treat. (1848) 43 Because either of us looked carnally for him.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xi. 38 They carnally worshipped God in stocks and stones.
1611 Bible (King James) Rom. viii. 6 To be carnally minded, is death. View more context for this quotation
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark xii. 24 Carnal Men think carnally of things Heavenly.
1714 R. Nelson Life Bp. Bull (ed. 2) xxxvi Either spiritually or carnally.
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