bodily

[ bod-l-ee ]

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.

bodily

/ ˈbɒdɪlɪ /

adjective

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

adverb

1. by taking hold of the body

   he threw him bodily from the platform

2. in person; in the flesh

Other Words From

• non·bodi·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodily¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, bodily is from the Middle English word bodylich. See body, -ly

Synonym Study

See physical.

Example Sentences

Measurements from the sensors also matched gold-standard laboratory methods to detect proteins in bodily fluids -- validating the device's success.

From Science Daily

“The right-wing extremists continue to wage attack after attack on our bodily autonomy at the expense of the health or life of pregnant persons.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Your relationship to bodily fluids has changed, and your relationship to anything being ‘gross’ has changed.

From Los Angeles Times

And This Guy was in jail, having pleaded guilty to assault with serious bodily injury as well as neglect of an elderly or disabled person.

From Los Angeles Times

Lu and her team have been pioneering the development of small sensors that track bodily signals from the surface of human skin, a technology known as electronic tattoos, or e-tattoos.

From Science Daily