What does fleshy mean?
Fleshy means Of, related to, or resembling flesh..
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/ˈflɛʃi/ · adjective
Of, related to, or resembling flesh..
Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.
[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.
The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.
He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.
It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.
a fleshy wine
Use fleshy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fleshy means Of, related to, or resembling flesh..
Common synonyms include corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy.
Possible antonyms include bony, slender, slim.
Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.
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