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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

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.

Source : WordNet®

bodily
     adv : in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"

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"
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