3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bodily  \Bod"i*ly\,  a. 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bodily  \Bod"i*ly\,  adv 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bodily 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  belonging  to  the  body;  "a  bodily 
  organ";  "bodily  functions";  "carnal  remains"  [syn:  {carnal}] 
  2:  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"  [syn:  {corporal},  {corporeal},  {somatic}] 
  3:  having  or  relating  to  a  physical  material  body;  "bodily 
  existence" 
  adv  :  in  bodily  form  "he  was  translated  bodily  to  heaven" 

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