bodily
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈbɑːdɪli/
:
corporal
- The doctor explained how stress can affect bodily functions like digestion and sleep.
- bodily movement
- bodily feeling
- bodily integrity
So why focus on the bodily pleasures and pains?
- So why focus on the bodily pleasures and pains?
- First of all, the reduction in bodily movement was essential.
- At this point, he says, we knew about bodily health from this.
- And he says, you know, we do experience bodily sensations.
- This man threatened your son with bodily harm in a roundabout way.
- Cortisol is one of the things that helps you manage that bodily and mental stress.
- That is the changes in mood, the changes in bodily state and sensation, ETC.
- What if you're a child who's never had gratification of any bodily or emotional function?
- Some are very bodily, others bodiless and strange.
- Say for one reason or another, mental illness, your your bodily odors, You're you're you're alone.
- It's it's bodily mutilation and people have died.
- The law that you couldn't intentionally kill or cause bodily harm to anyone.
- There's this tension that has come to the fore between personal choice and bodily autonomy and public health.
- It looks like I am just hell bent on inflicting bodily harm.
- And as I looked at him, all fear left me and all concern for my own bodily safety left me.
- The cognitive dissonance just it continues to go from the book banning to bodily autonomy.
Examples
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So I never thought of my bodily freedom until it was no longer there, right?
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Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles resulting in energy expenditure.
Academic text (2008) -
And as I looked at him, all fear left me and all concern for my own bodily safety left me.
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You control your bodily functions.
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Women go through a lot of bodily changes when they give birth, hormones and all that.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's important that we consider emotions to be embodied and to involve all of these different bodily systems.
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Physical activity was defined as any bodily movement that increased energy expenditure beyond basal levels.
Academic text (2011) -
Our integral good includes our bodily well-being, but also our intellectual, moral, and spiritual well-being.
Academic text (2008) -
Maintaining your bodily health is essential for overall well-being.
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He practices yoga to improve his bodily flexibility and strength.
Synonyms
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2.1
Relating to the body, its movement and strength
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6.8
Relating to the body rather than the mind
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8.4
Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit
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7.9
Relating to the body rather than the mind
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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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 simple word body, meaning 'the physical parts of a person', with the ending -ly that makes it describe things about the body. So bodily means 'physical' rather than mental or spiritual.