bodily UK /ˈbɒdɪli/US /ˈbɑdɪli/adjective 3adverb 3forms 2 adjective3 •Of, relating to, or concerning the body.His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him. •Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. — 1709 •Real; actual; put into execution.Be brought to bodily act. — 1608 adverb3 •In bodily form; physically, corporally.For in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily. — 1611 •Forcefully, vigorously.He was thrown bodily out of the house. •Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door. — 1859 formsmore bodily · most bodily