bodily
Etymology
From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.
adj
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Of, relating to, or concerning the body. His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him. -
Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal. -
Real; actual; put into execution.
adv
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In bodily form; physically, corporally. 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. 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, in Treasure Islandᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ -
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. 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted HouseIt is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily. 1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112 -
Forcefully, vigorously. He was thrown bodily out of the house.
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