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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a. 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.'' --L'Estrange. 3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.] Be brought to bodily act --Shak. {Bodily fear}, apprehension of physical injury. Syn: See {Corporal}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, adv 1. Corporeally; in bodily form united with a body or matter; in the body. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. --Col. ii 9 2. In respect to or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as to carry away bodily. ``Leapt bodily below.'' --Lowell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bodily adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"; "carnal remains" [syn: {carnal}] 2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: {corporal}, {corporeal}, {somatic}] 3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence" adv : in bodily form "he was translated bodily to heaven"
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