bodily
See also: Bodily
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Translations
relating to the body
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Adverb
bodily (not comparable)
- In or by the body; physically.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, in Treasure IslandWikisource:
- In I got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce an apple left; but sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the waters and the rocking movement of the ship, I had either fallen asleep or was on the point of doing so when a heavy man sat down with rather a clash close by.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
- 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.
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- Forcefully, vigorously.
- He was thrown bodily out of the house.
Synonyms
- bodyaciously (obsolete, dialect, rare)
- corporally
Translations
in or by the body
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