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Definition of Bodily

1. Adverb. In bodily form. "He was translated bodily to heaven"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the body. "Bodily functions"

3. Adjective. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. "A somatic symptom or somatic illness"

4. Adjective. Having or relating to a physical material body. "Bodily existence"

Definition of Bodily

1. a. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

2. adv. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.

Definition of Bodily

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

2. Adverb. In or by the body; physically. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bodily

1. of the body [adj]

Medical Definition of Bodily

1. 1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. "You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us." (Tatler) 2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects." 3. Real; actual; put in execution. "Be brought to bodily act." (Shak) Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury. Synonym: See Corporal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodily

bodice-rippers bodice rippers bodiced bodices bodie bodied bodies bodies of work bodig bodikin

bodikins bodiless bodilessness bodiliness bodily (current term) bodily-fluid bodily cavity bodily fluids bodily functions bodily integrity

bodily process bodily property bodily secretions bodily structure boding bodingly bodings

Literary usage of Bodily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1908)
"SECTION VI bodily MOVEMENTS SUCH constant reference is made, throughout a ... The forms of bodily movement are grouped together in the following summary: ..."

2. Educational Psychology by Edward Lee Thorndike (1913)
"CHAPTER V RESPONSES OF SENSITIVITY, ATTENTION AND GROSS bodily CONTROL The arrangement of my inventory will be modified from that which a strictly ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"bodily dition which a person is in, who either stands distinguished ... and in his bodily organs and faculties : all which differences will be taken notice ..."

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