Bodily

//ˈbɑdɪli// adj, adv, name

adj, adv, name ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or concerning the body.

    "His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him."

  2. 2
    Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.

    "You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us."

  3. 3
    Real; actual; put into execution.

    "Be brought to bodily act."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or relating to a physical material body wordnet
  2. 2
    affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or belonging to the body wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In bodily form; physically, corporally. not-comparable

    "For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly. not-comparable

    "The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door."

  3. 3
    Forcefully, vigorously. not-comparable

    "He was thrown bodily out of the house."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in bodily form wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
corporealcorporalsomaticacross the boardadamicall

Example

More examples

"While you are asleep, the bodily functions slow down and body temperature falls."

Etymology

From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.

Related phrases

actual bodily harmbodily fluidbodily functionbodily integritybodily oathbodily processgrievous bodily harmrepeated bodily harm

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