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Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

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  1. a. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind.
  3. a. Real; actual; put in execution.
  4. adv. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.
  5. adv. In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below."
  6. adj. of or relating to or belonging to the body
  7. adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  8. adj. having or relating to a physical material body
  9. adv. in bodily form
  10. 1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. Tatler. 2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects." L'Estrange. 3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.] Be brought to bodily act. Shak. Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury. Syn. -- See Corporal. 1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9 2. In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below." Lowell.
  11. r:11/j:89 a. of or relating to or belonging to the body s. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit s. having or relating to a physical material body r. in bodily form