bodily

English

Etymology

body +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bodily (comparative more bodily, superlative most bodily)

1. Of, relating to, or concerning the body.

   His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.

Translations

relating to the body

Albanian: trupor (sq) Bulgarian: телесен (bg) Croatian: tjȅlesnī (hr) Czech: tělesný (cs) m. French: corporel (fr) Hindi: शारीरिक (hi) (śārīrik) Italian: corporale (it)

Kurdish: bedenî (ku), leşî (ku), gewdeyî (ku), cismî (ku), cesedî (ku), fizîkî (ku), fizîkal (ku), fiziyolojîk (ku) Portuguese: corpóreo (pt) Romanian: trupesc (ro), corporal (ro) Slovene: telésen (sl) Spanish: corporal (es)

Adverb

bodily

1. In or by the body; physically.

   He was thrown bodily out of the house.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, in Treasure Island^Wikisource:

     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.

Synonyms

• bodyaciously (obsolete)
• corporally

Translations

in or by the body

Italian: corporalmente (it)

Spanish: corporalmente (es)