adjective
- of or relating to the body.
- corporeal or material, as contrasted with spiritual or mental.
adverb
- as a physical entity; as a complete physical unit: The tornado picked him up bodily and threw him against the wall.
- in person: You have to appear bodily at the box office in order to have your reservation confirmed.
adjective
- relating to or being a part of the human body
adverb
- by taking hold of the bodyhe threw him bodily from the platform
- in person; in the flesh
c.1300, “pertaining to the body;” also opposed to “spiritual;” from body + -ly (1). As an adverb (with -ly (2)) from late 14c.