1
: having a body : physical
2
: of or relating to the body
bodily comfort
bodily organs
1
a
: in the flesh
b
: in a manner that involves physically moving someone's body
The blast lifted him bodily into the air.
Jerry Wexler called him a "parasite" and threw him bodily out of his office.—
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: as a whole : altogether
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Examples of bodily in a Sentence
Adjective
The victim suffered serious bodily injury.
the old man suffered from a number of bodily ailments
Adverb
The blast lifted him bodily into the air.
The house will have to be moved bodily to the new site.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
All of the fraternity members, including Larsen, received at least one felony charge, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, and violating the social host ordinance.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
In the great physical events, extreme bodily pleasure and extreme bodily suffering, the self disappears completely or is lost.
—Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The charges include recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public and violating the social host ordinance.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
All of the fraternity members, including Larsen, received at least one felony charge, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, and violating the social host ordinance.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Adverb
While people in the outside world muse over glasses of wine about whether innies have souls, the innies are fighting for their right to personal agency, to bodily autonomy, to existence.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
In the great physical events, extreme bodily pleasure and extreme bodily suffering, the self disappears completely or is lost.
—Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Bodily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodily. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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bodily
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bodi·ly
ˈbäd-ᵊl-ē 
: of or relating to the body
bodily organs
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