their relationship is carnal

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alpacinou

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Hello

If a man and a lady have a relationship just based on coitus, can we use "carnal" to describe their relationship?

1-Their relationship is purely carnal.

2-They have a purely carnal relationship.

3-The nature of their relationship is carnal.
 

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Yes, but describing it as "sexual" would be more common nowadays.
 

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Thanks. Are all three sentences okay?

They're okay, but if you want to be understood, you'll write "sexual".

Don't use hyphens to mark numbers in a list. The most common way to enumerate is to use a numeral followed by a period ("full stop" in British English) and a space.
 
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