bodily

«bodily» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with the body: bodily needs, bodily harm — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (bodily); adverb (bodily)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bodily means to do with the body: bodily needs, bodily harm. tree →

2) Bodily (adverb) means by moving or lifting the whole body: "He was carried bodily out of the room." tree →

3) Bodily can also mean as a whole, all at once, with nothing left behind. tree →

sense 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 →
• Wear gloves when cleaning up bodily fluids. tree →
• Sweating is a normal bodily function. tree →
• The dad lifted the sleeping child bodily into the car. tree →
• The bouncer threw him out bodily. tree →
• The rules protect people from bodily harm. tree →
• Burping is a bodily noise, so say "excuse me". tree →
• The bear lifted the log bodily and moved it. tree →
• This he carried off bodily and drove away. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Christians believe Jesus rose bodily from death and is alive; this is the centre of Christian hope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bodily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.