unfleshly

[ uhn-flesh-lee ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• un·fleshli·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfleshly¹

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

Example Sentences

They are talking about a volume so small that Winnie the Pooh could carry it in his hip pocket, and so unfleshly that a vestal virgin might choose to read it at a church picnic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

The eye is open, with convulsive strain— A most unfleshly orb! the stars that wane Have nothing of its hue; for it is cast With sickly blood, and terribly aghast!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abstract
• abstruse
• esoteric
• mystical
• philosophical
• spiritual
• supernatural
• theoretical