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adjective

Bodily adj.

Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. "You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us."

Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects."

Real; actual; put in execution. (Obs.) "Be brought to bodily act."

Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury.

Synonyms: See Corporal.

adverb

Bodily adv.

Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body. "For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."

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."

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Etymology of 'Bodily'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bodily" Quotes from Famous Books

... that perhaps this demon of his fancy, which he was well convinced was an unreal phantom, yet could not banish, might possess no resemblance to the figure his pencil had produced; and might disappear, or at least be reduced to the condition of ordinary ideas, by a comparison with the bodily representative of his original conception. This thought presented itself to his mind one night in October, as he lay tossing about in sleepless agony upon his bed. He instantly started up, dressed, threw on ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number • Various

... transfer of consciousness from the physical to the astral body; this transfer seems to take place normally under the influence of bodily fatigue. After the day's activity, the senses no longer afford keen sensations, and as it is the energy of these sensations that keeps the consciousness "centred" in the brain[5]; this consciousness, when the senses are lulled to sleep, centres in the finer body, which then leaves ...

— Reincarnation - A Study in Human Evolution • Th. Pascal

... of God—if we did truly understand it, we could not but worship him in another manner. "God is a Spirit." Many ignorant people form in their own mind some likeness and image of God, who is invisible. Ye know how ye fancy to yourselves some bodily shape. When you conceive of him, you think he is some reverend and majestic person sitting on a throne in heaven. But, I beseech you, correct your mistakes of him. There is outward idolatry and there is inward, there is idolatry ...

— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning

... with head, arms, legs and much mixed dialect. But Weary climbed down and, with the help of Bert Rogers, carried him bodily and lifted him into the saddle. When the pinto began to offer some objections, strong hands seized his bridle and held ...

— The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories • B. M. Bower

... this is the way in which all our varied races of domestic animals have arisen; and you must understand that it is not one peculiarity or one characteristic alone in which animals may vary. There is not a single peculiarity or characteristic of any kind, bodily or mental, in which offspring may not vary to a certain extent from the parent ...

— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley

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