bodily
Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
Example
“His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.”
Other meanings
Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
Real; actual; put into execution.
Related words
- bodiliness
- extrabodily
- nonbodily
- unbodiliness
- unbodily
- actual bodily harm
- bodily oath
- bodily fluid
- bodily function
- bodily integrity
- bodily process
- grievous bodily harm
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "bodily".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bodily” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.