bodily

See also: Bodily

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑdɪli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒdɪli/

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• Hyphenation: bod‧i‧ly
• Homophone: bawdily (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

bodily (comparative more bodily, superlative most bodily)

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

   His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.

2. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
   • 1709 May 25 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Saturday, May 14, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 15; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  […], 1822, →OCLC:

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

3. Real; actual; put into execution.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Be brought to bodily act.

Synonyms

• corporal
• corporeal

Derived terms

• actual bodily harm
• bodily fluid
• bodily function
• bodily integrity
• bodily oath
• bodily process
• grievous bodily harm
• repeated bodily harm

 

Translations

relating to the body

• Albanian: trupor (sq)
• Arabic: جَسَدِيّ (jasadiyy)
• Armenian: մարմնական (hy) (marmnakan)
• Asturian: corporal
• Belarusian: цяле́сны (cjaljésny)
• Bengali: দৈহিক (bn) (dōihik)
• Bulgarian: теле́сен (bg) (telésen)
• Catalan: corporal (ca), corpori (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 身體的／身体的 (zh) (shēntǐ de)

• Czech: tělesný (cs)
• Danish: kropslig
• Dutch: lichamelijk (nl), somatisch (nl), fysiek (nl)
• Finnish: lihallinen (fi), ruumiillinen (fi)
• French: corporel (fr)
• Galician: corporal
• Georgian: სხეულებრივი (sxeulebrivi)
• German: körperlich (de), Körper- (de)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (leikeins)
• Greek: σωματικός (el) (somatikós), υλικός (el) (ylikós)

  Ancient: σωματικός m (sōmatikós)

• Hebrew: גּוּפָנִי (he) (gufaní)
• Hindi: शारीरिक (hi) (śārīrik)
• Hungarian: testileg (hu)
• Ido: korpala (io)
• Irish: corpartha
• Italian: corporale (it), corporeo (it)
• Japanese: 身体的 (しんたいてき, shintaiteki)
• Korean: 신체적(身體的) (ko) (sinchejeok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bedenî (ku), leşî (ku), gewdeyî (ku), cismî (ku), cesedî (ku), fizîkî (ku), fizîkal (ku), fiziyolojîk (ku)

• Latin: corporālis, corporeus
• Macedonian: телесен (telesen)
• Malayalam: ശാരീരിക (ml) (śārīrika)
• Maori: whaikiko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kroppslig (no)

• Persian: بدنی (fa) (badani), جسمانی (fa) (jesmâni)
• Polish: cielesny (pl)
• Portuguese: corporal (pt), corpóreo (pt)
• Romanian: trupesc (ro), corporal (ro)
• Russian: теле́сный (ru) (telésnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: те̏леснӣ, тје̏леснӣ

  Roman: tȅlesnī (sh), tjȅlesnī (sh)

• Slovak: telesný (sk)
• Slovene: telésen
• Spanish: corporal (es), corpóreo (es)
• Swedish: kroppslig (sv), lekamlig (sv)
• Tajik: баданӣ (badanī), ҷисмонӣ (jismonī)
• Ukrainian: тіле́сний (tilésnyj)
• Welsh: cnawdol (cy)

Adverb

bodily (not comparable)

1. In bodily form; physically, corporally.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 2:9:

     For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, in Treasure Island‎^Wikisource:

     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.

2. Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.
   • 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.

   • 1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:

     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.

Usage notes

The adverb is usually placed after the verb it modifies: present bodily is more common than bodily present.

Related terms

• bodacious

Translations

in or by the body

• Bulgarian: телесно (bg) (telesno)
• Czech: tělesně
• Dutch: lichamelijk (nl), fysiek (nl)
• Greek: σωματικώς (el) (somatikós)
• Ido: korpale (io)
• Italian: corporalmente (it)
• Japanese: 体ごと (karada-goto)
• Macedonian: телесно (telesno)
• Slovak: telesne
• Spanish: corporalmente (es)