bodily

adj
/ˈbɑdɪli/US/ˈbɒdɪli/UK

Etymology

From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.

  1. inherited from bodily

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or concerning the body.

    • His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.
  2. Having a body or material form

    Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.

    • You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.
  3. Real

    Real; actual; put into execution.

    • Be brought to bodily act.
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. In bodily form

      In bodily form; physically, corporally.

      • For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.
    2. Pertaining to the whole body or mass

      Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.

      • The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door.
      • It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily.
    3. Forcefully, vigorously.

      • He was thrown bodily out of the house.
    4. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bodily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bodily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bodily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA