adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bodily
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɑdɪli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒdɪli/
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homophone: bawdily (cot–caught merger)
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 D AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 3
Real; actual; put into execution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 4
In bodily form; physically, corporally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 5
Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 6
Forcefully, vigorously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He was thrown bodily out of the house.
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name
Meaning 7
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 8
of or relating to or belonging to the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bodily organ
- bodily functions
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
having or relating to a physical material body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bodily existence
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bodily needs
- a corporal defect
- corporeal suffering
- a somatic symptom or somatic illness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corporal, corporeal, somatic
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 11
in bodily form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was translated bodily to heaven
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: trupor — relating to the body
- Arabic: جَسَدِيّ (jasadiyy) — relating to the body
- Armenian: մարմնական (marmnakan) — relating to the body
- Asturian: corporal — relating to the body
- Belarusian: цяле́сны (cjaljésny) — relating to the body
- Bengali: দৈহিক (dōihik) — relating to the body
- Bulgarian: теле́сен (telésen) — relating to the body
- Catalan: corporal — relating to the body
- Catalan: corpori — relating to the body
- Chinese Mandarin: 身體的 /身体的 (shēntǐ de) — relating to the body
- Czech: tělesný — relating to the body
- Danish: kropslig — relating to the body
- Dutch: lichamelijk — relating to the body
- Dutch: somatisch — relating to the body
- Dutch: fysiek — relating to the body
- Esperanto: korpa — relating to the body
- Finnish: lihallinen — relating to the body
- Finnish: ruumiillinen — relating to the body
- French: corporel — relating to the body
- Galician: corporal — relating to the body
- Georgian: სხეულებრივი (sxeulebrivi) — relating to the body
- German: körperlich — relating to the body
- German: Körper- — relating to the body
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (leikeins) — relating to the body
- Greek: σωματικός (somatikós) — relating to the body
- Greek: υλικός (ylikós) — relating to the body
- Ancient Greek: σωματικός (sōmatikós) — relating to the body
- Hebrew: גּוּפָנִי (gufaní) — relating to the body
- Hindi: शारीरिक (śārīrik) — relating to the body
- Hungarian: testileg — relating to the body
- Ido: korpala — relating to the body
- Irish: corpartha — relating to the body
- Italian: corporale — relating to the body
- Italian: corporeo — relating to the body
- Japanese: 身体的 (shintaiteki) — relating to the body
- Korean: 신체적 (sinchejeok) — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: bedenî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: leşî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: gewdeyî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: cismî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: cesedî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: fizîkî — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: fizîkal — relating to the body
- Northern Kurdish: fiziyolojîk — relating to the body
- Latin: corporālis — relating to the body
- Latin: corporeus — relating to the body
- Macedonian: телесен (telesen) — relating to the body
- Malayalam: ശാരീരിക (śārīrika) — relating to the body
- Māori: whaikiko — relating to the body
- Norwegian Bokmål: kroppslig — relating to the body
- Persian: بدنی (badani) — relating to the body
- Persian: جسمانی (jesmâni) — relating to the body
- Polish: cielesny — relating to the body
- Portuguese: corporal — relating to the body
- Portuguese: corpóreo — relating to the body
- Romanian: trupesc — relating to the body
- Romanian: corporal — relating to the body
- Russian: теле́сный (telésnyj) — relating to the body
- Serbo-Croatian: те̏леснӣ — relating to the body
- Serbo-Croatian: тје̏леснӣ — relating to the body
- Serbo-Croatian: tȅlesnī — relating to the body
- Serbo-Croatian: tjȅlesnī — relating to the body
- Slovak: telesný — relating to the body
- Slovene: telésen — relating to the body
- Spanish: corporal — relating to the body
- Swedish: kroppslig — relating to the body
- Swedish: lekamlig — relating to the body
- Tajik: баданӣ (badani) — relating to the body
- Tajik: ҷисмонӣ (jismoni) — relating to the body
- Ukrainian: тіле́сний (tilésnyj) — relating to the body
- Welsh: cnawdol — relating to the body
- Bulgarian: телесно (telesno) — in or by the body
- Czech: tělesně — in or by the body
- Dutch: lichamelijk — in or by the body
- Dutch: fysiek — in or by the body
- Greek: σωματικώς (somatikós) — in or by the body
- Ido: korpale — in or by the body
- Italian: corporalmente — in or by the body
- Japanese: 体ごと (karada-goto) — in or by the body
- Macedonian: телесно (telesno) — in or by the body
- Slovak: telesne — in or by the body
- Spanish: corporalmente — in or by the body