bodily
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbɑdɪli/
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/ˈbɑdɪli/ · /ˈbɒdɪli/
Definition of bodily
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
“His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.”
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adj
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Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
“His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.”
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Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
“You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.”
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Real; actual; put into execution.
“Be brought to bodily act.”
adv
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(not-comparable)In bodily form; physically, corporally.
“For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.”
“In I got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce an apple left; but sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the waters and the rocking movement of the ship, I had either fallen asleep or was on the point of doing so when a heavy man sat down with rather a clash close by.”
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(not-comparable)Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.
“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.”
“It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily.”
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(not-comparable)Forcefully, vigorously.
“He was thrown bodily out of the house.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.
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