bodilily

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US/ˈbɑdɪlɪli/

adverb

In a bodily manner; physically.

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Meanings

adverbbodilily (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareIn a bodily manner; physically.

    I grow so sick with alarm & uneasiness, that I know not how to send off any more Letters—yet I am not bodilily ill, my dearest dearest ami!

    1812-1814, Fanny Burney, edited by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom, The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay), volume 7, published 1978, page 383

Origin

From bodily + -ly.

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APA

bodilily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodilily

MLA

“bodilily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodilily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bodilily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodilily.

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