lichamlice

Old English

Etymology

From līchamlīċ +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːkˌxɑmˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈliːkˌhɑmˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

līchamlīċe

1. physically
2. bodily, empirically
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     ...þū þe wē ne magon līchamlīce onġytan nāþer nē mid ēagum, nē mid swece, nē mid ēarum, nē mid smecce, nē mid hrine...

     ...whom we can not know bodily, neither by eyes, nor by smell, nor by ears, nor by taste, nor by touch...

Antonyms

• gāstlīċe (“spiritually”)