physicality

[ fiz-i-kal-i-tee ]

/ ˌfɪz ɪˈkæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural phys·i·cal·i·ties.

the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.

preoccupation with one's body, physical needs, or appetites.

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Origin of physicality

First recorded in 1585–95; physical + -ity

Words nearby physicality

physical examination, physical geography, physical handicap, physicalism, physicalistic, physicality, physicalize, physical jerks, physically, physically challenged, physical medicine

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How to use physicality in a sentence

He plays with more physicality and can drive into the paint to score.
Eric Ayala bounced back from a rough game. Now he needs his teammates to join him.|Emily Giambalvo|February 7, 2021|Washington Post
I mean that includes physicality and just being more locked in than we were.
Pitt pulls away from Virginia Tech in second half|Gene Wang|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Irving’s lack of physicality and inconsistent focus can have crushing implications, and Nash left him out there to be torched.
With Kyrie Irving back, rookie coach Steve Nash has to figure out how to get his stars aligned|Ben Golliver|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
The pace and the physicality of the college game seemed much different from the sideline.
James Graham III could still be in high school. Instead, he’s settling in at Maryland.|Emily Giambalvo|January 21, 2021|Washington Post

A robot that can “see” the world captures a sort of physicality—or common sense—that’s missing from analyzing language alone.
2021 Could Be a Banner Year for AI—If We Solve These 4 Problems|Shelly Fan|January 5, 2021|Singularity Hub
I can be hunched over, or push my chest out more and give Caesar strength and physicality.
Motion Capture Maestro Andy Serkis on ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ and Revolutionizing Cinema|Marlow Stern|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there is a lot that can be conveyed about attraction and drive and everything surrounding the actual physicality of it.
Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About Love|Lea Carpenter|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a Disney heroine, finding empowerment in her own feminine physicality, for herself and not the prince, is revolutionary.
Disney’s Sublimely Subversive ‘Frozen’ Isn’t Your Typical Princess Movie|Melissa Leon|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The NFL seems a particularly complicated place for this to change given the extreme masculinity and the physicality of the sport.
Wade Davis on NFL Players Who Live Semi-Open Gay Lives|Touré|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was conveying the passion of it and the physicality of it, but also the romance of it.
Bill Condon and Melissa Rosenberg on 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn'|Marlow Stern|November 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By reason of his deficient physicality the Cerebral can not be said to possess any decided physical assets.
How to Analyze People on Sight|Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
Their conscious being was not fully exempt from physicality and the sense of sin.
Unity of Good|Mary Baker Eddy

British Dictionary definitions for physicality

physicality

/ (ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪtɪ) /

noun

the state or quality of being physical

the physical characteristics of a person, object, etc

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