carnally
In physical intimacy
In a manner relating to physical or bodily desires, especially sexual ones.
The word carries religious and legal overtones, distinguishing flesh from spirit: to know someone carnally is a biblical and legal euphemism for sexual intercourse.
He was carnally minded, concerned with earthly pleasures rather than spiritual matters.
Communication or sexual connection
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- libidoInnate erotic drive
eroticism · promiscuity · adultery · infidelity · orgasm · aphrodisiac · genitalia · procreation
intercourse
Communication or sexual connection
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
libido · eroticism · promiscuity · adultery · infidelity · orgasm · aphrodisiac · genitalia · procreation · contraception
flesh
Soft body matter
visceral · bodily · anatomical · organic · tangible · material · embodied · mortal · human · temporal
desire
Intense wanting
appetite · indulgent · decadent · voluptuous · sultry · tantalizing · luscious · sensuous · arousal · pleasure
carnallyspiritually
Concerning the soul
ethereally · transcendently · celestially · divinely · metaphysically
carnallychastely
In a pure manner
platonically · celibately · purely · virginally · innocently
carnallymorally
Regarding ethical principles
virtuously · nobly · righteously · high-mindedly · ascetically
- carnal knowledgeSexual intercourse, legally termed
- carnal desiresPhysical, especially sexual, urges
- carnal sinWrongdoing involving bodily pleasures
- carnal natureBodily appetites and impulses