bodily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑdɪli/
ipa: /ˈbɒdɪli/
homophone: bawdily (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: more bodily
form: most bodily
Etymology: From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.
glosses: Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
examples: text: You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.
ref: 1709 May 25 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Saturday, May 14, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 15; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
examples: text: Be brought to bodily act.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: Real; actual; put into execution.
Synonyms: word: corporal
word: corporeal
word: bodily
word: carnal
word: physical
Hyponyms: word: anatomical
Meronyms: word: expressional
word: facial
word: iridial
word: lacrimal
word: ocular
word: pupillary
word: retinal
word: sclerotic
word: antral
word: nasal
word: buccal
word: dental
word: distal
word: glottal
word: ligulate
word: lingual
word: mesial
word: oral
word: palatal
word: sublingual
word: acoustic
word: audile
word: auditory
word: auricular
word: otic
word: pinnal
word: tympanal
word: tympanic
word: umbonic
word: cerebral
word: cranial
word: limbic
word: lobar
word: neuronal
word: occipital
word: subcortical
word: thalamocortical
word: articular
word: brachial
word: crural
word: cuticular
word: manual
word: palmar
word: pedal
word: plantar
word: tarsal
word: volar
word: abdominal
word: cervical
word: dorsal
word: femoral
word: lateral
word: omphalic
word: oogonial
word: thoracic
word: umbilic
word: umbilical
word: ventral
word: dermal
word: dermic
word: epidermal
word: follicular
word: scalpal
word: anal
word: caudal
word: cortical
word: genital
word: genitourinary
word: gluteal
word: groinal
word: inguinal
word: mammary
word: perineal
word: phallic
word: rectal
word: subcaudal
word: urethral
word: urogenital
word: uterine
word: venereal
word: yonic
word: adrenocortical
word: aortal
word: appendical
word: avascular
word: cardiac
word: cardiovascular
word: colonic
word: coronary
word: enteric
word: gastric
word: ileal
word: intestinal
word: labral
word: muscular
word: nephric
word: nephritic
word: neural
word: pelvic
word: pneumonic
word: pulmonary
word: pulmonic
word: renal
word: sacral
word: sebaceous
word: skeletal
word: spinal
word: splanchnic
word: splenic
word: vascular
word: venal
word: vertebral
word: visceral
word: ruminal
Derived terms: actual bodily harm
bodiliness
bodily fluid
bodily function
bodily integrity
bodily oath
bodily process
extrabodily
grievous bodily harm
nonbodily
repeated bodily harm
unbodiliness
unbodily
Related terms: word: psychosomatic
word: body
word: intellectual
word: natal