bodily
3
3.7
- adverb
- /ˈbɑːdɪli/
:
físicamente
- We who are alive, who are saved... will be taken bodily into heaven.
Examples
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Stop!" But already, two strong guards had grabbed her arms and were lifting her bodily from the chair.
Fiction book (1995) -
Richard had always dragged her from the lab on Christmas Eve, bodily if necessary, and driven her to the snow.
Fiction book (1994) -
The three pieces ask the viewer to walk through them and experience them in a bodily way that I think the other pieces do not.
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If Jesus rose bodily from the dead, then the Christian model should be one of transformation.
Academic text (2006) -
Both of these key historical figures believe that because children and parents are bodily connected, they have special commitments to each other.
Academic text (2002) -
The reader is to be not only spiritually and intellectually involved, but bodily too.
Academic text (1990) -
The stranger seized him by the left biceps and yanked him bodily from the booth.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then he realized, dragged bodily from dreaming, he was hearing whispers through the thin wall from Peter's bedroom.
Fiction book (1997) -
The dancers moved in a bodily way that made their performance feel alive and dynamic.
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During the exercise, participants were encouraged to engage bodily with the music and express themselves through movement.
Synonyms
525
2.1
Relating to the body, its movement and strength
313
2.7
Relating to a person's body, such as hygiene or care
17
6.8
Relating to the body rather than the mind
15
8.4
Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit
10
7.9
Relating to the body rather than the mind
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.4
A natural function inside a living body, like breathing or digestion
- Specialized
A hollow space inside the body like the chest or belly that holds organs
- Specialized
A complex part of a living body made of pieces arranged to do a job
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bodily comes from the common word body, which means 'the physical parts of a person', and the ending -ly turns it into a word that describes a way of doing something. So to lift someone bodily is to lift them 'in a physical way' or with the whole body.