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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to or belonging to the body;
- Example: "a bodily organ"
- Example: "bodily functions"

2. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;
- Example: "bodily needs"
- Example: "a corporal defect"
- Example: "corporeal suffering"
- Example: "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
[syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic]

3. having or relating to a physical material body;
- Example: "bodily existence"


ADVERB (1)

1. in bodily form;
- Example: "he was translated bodily to heaven"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a.
   1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal;
      consisting of matter.
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            You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the
            bodily part of us.                    --Tatler.
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   2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the
      mind. "Bodily defects." --L'Estrange.
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   3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.]
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            Be brought to bodily act.             --Shak.
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   Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury.
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   Syn: See Corporal.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, adv.
   1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter;
      in the body.
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            For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead
            bodily.                               --Col. ii. 9
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bodily
    adv 1: in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"
    adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily
           organ"; "bodily functions"
    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: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic]
    3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily
       existence"