01 a. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
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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.
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2.
Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind.
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3.
Real; actual; put in execution.[Obs.]“Be brought to bodily act.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Bodily fear —
apprehension of physical injury.
Syn.
See Corporal.