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# bodily

adjective (bodily); adverb (bodily)

«bodily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bodily means to do with the body: bodily needs, bodily harm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#m1)
2. Bodily (adverb) means by moving or lifting the whole body: "He was carried bodily out of the room." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#m2)
3. Bodily can also mean as a whole, all at once, with nothing left behind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons: bodily functions (breathing, digestion, going to the toilet), bodily fluids (blood, sweat, spit). In formal and legal texts: "grievous bodily harm" means serious injury. In stories, someone lifted bodily is picked up whole. Phrases: bodily functions, bodily fluids, bodily harm.

### Examples

- Eating and sleeping are bodily needs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x1)
- Wear gloves when cleaning up bodily fluids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x2)
- Sweating is a normal bodily function. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x3)
- The dad lifted the sleeping child bodily into the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x4)
- The bouncer threw him out bodily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x5)
- The rules protect people from bodily harm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x6)
- Burping is a bodily noise, so say "excuse me". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x7)
- The bear lifted the log bodily and moved it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x8)
- This he carried off bodily and drove away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/#x9)

### Note

Body + ly (y changes to i). It is not "the opposite of headily"; it means of the body. Formal register in "bodily harm".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bodily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bodily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bodily.html) on Mova free.