bodily








adjective

  1. of or relating to the body.
  2. corporeal or material, as contrasted with spiritual or mental.

adverb

  1. as a physical entity; as a complete physical unit: The tornado picked him up bodily and threw him against the wall.
  2. in person: You have to appear bodily at the box office in order to have your reservation confirmed.

adjective

  1. relating to or being a part of the human body

adverb

  1. by taking hold of the bodyhe threw him bodily from the platform
  2. in person; in the flesh
adj.

c.1300, “pertaining to the body;” also opposed to “spiritual;” from body + -ly (1). As an adverb (with -ly (2)) from late 14c.

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