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bodily Definition

bodi·ly (bädə 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

bodily Synonyms

bodily

modif.

  1. Concerning the body

    corporeal, corporal, physical, carnal, fleshly, somatic, incarnate, mortal, gross, hylic, solid, unspiritual, worldly, tangible, material, substantial, human, animal, natural, constitutional, organic; see also biological, physical 1, real 2.

  2. As a whole

    entirely, totally, absolutely; see completely.

bodily refers to the human body as distinct from the mind or spirit bodily ills; physical, while often interchangeable with bodily, suggests somewhat less directly the anatomy and physiology of the body physical exercise; corporeal refers to the material substance of the body and is opposed to spiritualhis corporeal remains; corporal refers to the effect of something upon the body corporal punishment; somatic is a scientific word and refers to the body as distinct from the psyche, with no philosophic or poetic overtones the somatic differences between individuals

bodily Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • dead: Three days later, the tomb was empty and Jesus ' followers were claiming they'd seen him risen bodily from the dead.
  • death: He really wants to rub home to the Corinthians that Jesus rose bodily from death.
  • tomb: Jesus was raised bodily from that dark tomb, never to die again.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Were they actual bodily things, or things but not bodily things, or perhaps they didn't really exist independently at all?
  • only: Not only bodily elements arise and fall away, also what we call mind arises and falls away, each moment.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • lift: He scarcely stirred otherwise, but he lifted the chair bodily into the air with one hand and hurled it at Northover's head.
  • remove: Control of established plants is by removing the docks bodily after plowing or during bare or bastard fallowing.

Modifies a noun

  • harm: Rosie was sent to prison for grievous bodily harm for a ten year sentence.
  • resurrection: For the pagans, the idea of bodily resurrection was simply a non starter.
  • fluid: Perhaps girls take your precious bodily fluids or something.
  • sensation: I did my best to ignore the fact that my bodily sensations were no longer agreeable.
  • intimation: When we gesticulate in order to convey our intentions, kusala citta or akusala citta produces the rupa which is bodily intimation.
  • injury: For bodily injury to your needs the sale closes a monthly mortgage.

Used with adjective complement

  • lift: In an instant, he felt himself lifted bodily away from the wall.
  • rise: He really wants to rub home to the Corinthians that Jesus rose bodily from death.
  • raise: Jesus was raised bodily from that dark tomb, never to die again.
  • ascend: Is it the case that Mary was a perpetual Virgin, was conceived immaculately, and ascended bodily into Heaven?
  • throw: She was thrown bodily into the air and landed on her back against the buoyancy tube in the bows of the boat.
  • go: So there is a tradition in the Bible of special people, going bodily from earth to heaven.

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