Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bodily"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a.
1. 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. --Tatler.
2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the
mind. ``Bodily defects.'' --L'Estrange.
3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.]
Be brought to bodily act. --Shak.
{Bodily fear}, apprehension of physical injury.
Syn: See {Corporal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, adv.
1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter;
in the body.
For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead
bodily. --Col. ii. 9
2. 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.'' --Lowell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bodily
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily
organ"; "bodily functions"; "carnal remains" [syn: {carnal}]
2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the
mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect";
"corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic
illness" [syn: {corporal}, {corporeal}, {somatic}]
3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily
existence"
adv : in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"
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