adj. 1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites: carnal desire. 2. Worldly or earthly; temporal: the carnal world. 3. Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily: carnal remains. [Middle English, from Old North French carnel, from Latin carnālis, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] car·nali·ty (kär-nălĭ-tē) n. carnal·ly adv. |
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