bodily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbɑdəli/ UK /ˈbɒdɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to the body; as a whole physical entity

The bouncer lifted the heckler bodily and set him on the pavement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to the body; as a... physical corporeal fleshly carnal somatic material

Opposites

spiritual mental incorporeal

Word family

Related forms body

Etymology

From Middle English bodily, from body + -ly; body is from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic.

bodig Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# bodily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɑdəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɒdɪli/

## Meanings
1. relating to the body; as a whole physical entity

## Examples
- The bouncer lifted the heckler bodily and set him on the pavement.

## Synonyms
- physical
- corporeal
- fleshly
- carnal
- somatic
- material

## Antonyms
- spiritual
- mental
- incorporeal

## Related Forms
- body

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bodig

## Etymology
From Middle English bodily, from body + -ly; body is from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic.

## AI Etymology
Bodily is from Middle English bodily, from body + -ly; body is from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic. Important recorded forms include bodig (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers relating to the body; as a whole physical entity. The wider family includes related words such as body.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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