Bodily
['bɒdɪlɪ]
Definition
(adj.) having or relating to a physical material body; 'bodily existence' .
(adj.) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; 'bodily needs'; 'a corporal defect'; 'corporeal suffering'; 'a somatic symptom or somatic illness' .
(adj.) of or relating to or belonging to the body; 'a bodily organ'; 'bodily functions' .
(adv.) in bodily form; 'he was translated bodily to heaven'.
Typist: Preston--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind.
(a.) Real; actual; put in execution.
(adv.) Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.
(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."
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of the body.[2]. Corporeal.
ad. [1]. Corporeally.[2]. Entirely (as respects the body or mass), completely, wholly.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly, together, corporeal,fleshy, material, physical
ANT:Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually, spiritual
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Examples
- H istor y of Bodily Pains, as species of Touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It plaited itself into whatever I thought of, as a bodily pain would have done. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We are all more or less subject to bodily sufferings. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What qualities are there for which a man gets so speedy a return of applause, as those of bodily superiority, activity, and valour? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had positive bodily pain,--a violent headache, and a throbbing intermittent pulse. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But this effect of personal and bodily qualities is not only a proof of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato. The Republic.
- He knows of no direct bodily illness that he has; on the contrary, he believes that he has none. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I continued walking in this manner for some time, endeavouring, by bodily exercise, to ease the load that weighed upon my mind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was harsh, it was shocking, even as applied to the most hardened sinner, in such a state of mental and bodily suffering. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The pleasing sensation arising from beauty; the bodily appetite for generation; and a generous kindness or good-will. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Not bodily so much as nervous, nervous! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have never been absolutely certain whether I uttered a shrill yell of terror, merely in spirit, or in the bodily hearing of the company. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I'm in bodily fear. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- While growth continues, things bodily and mental are lopsided, for growth is never general, but is accentuated now at one spot, now at another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- At first he robbed the brute of his fleecy skin and wore it bodily. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Who can weigh virtue, or even fortune against health, or moral and mental qualities against bodily? Plato. The Republic.
- Sir, I am not worse in bodily health than usual, but my heart is full. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Perhaps quarrying would be a better term than mining in this case, as Edison's plan was to approach the rock and tear it down bodily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In successive generations a great development both of bodily and mental qualities might be possible. Plato. The Republic.
- True love is the daughter of temperance, and temperance is utterly opposed to the madness of bodily pleasure. Plato. The Republic.
- But the most common species of love is that which first arises from beauty, and afterwards diffuses itself into kindness and into the bodily appetite. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But although the bodily powers of the great man were thus impaired, his mental energies retained their pristine vigour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Mallory mentions a little fact that bears on this exceptional quality of bodily powers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is very hard bodily labour to be gone through, with very little food to give strength. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Consider, unhappy woman, what could the sainted Edward himself do for thee, were he here in bodily presence? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It seems as though I struggled with many men, and then that I was picked bodily from the ground and borne away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Look at the matter thus:--Hunger, thirst, and the like, are inanitions of the bodily state? Plato. The Republic.
- It was with the greatest difficulty that the boy gathered bodily force to speak; but, his spirit spoke with a dreadful emphasis. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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