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bodily definition

bodi·ly (bäd′ə lē)

adjective

  1. physical
  2. of, in, by, or to the body

Etymology: ME bodilich < bodi, body

adverb

  1. in person; in the flesh to be bodily present
  2. as a single body; in entirety
  3. as a single group; as one unit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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