bodily
bodily Lexical Profile
bodily Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of, relating to, or concerning the physical human body, as distinct from the mind or spirit.
"Regular exercise and proper hydration are essential for maintaining basic bodily functions."
• adverb
By taking hold of or moving the entire physical body or structure as a whole.
"The rescue workers lifted the injured hiker bodily onto the stretcher."
In the flesh; in person.
"Although he could not attend the conference bodily, he participated via live video link."
Word Nuance & Usage
Although ending in '-ly', 'bodily' is most commonly used as an attributive adjective before a noun (as in 'bodily harm' or 'bodily functions'); as an adverb, it specifically means moving the entire physical body as a single unit rather than merely 'physically'.
• Rhymes for bodily
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English bodili, formed from bodi ('body', from Old English bodig) + -li ('-ly', from Old English -lic).