in a body

prepositional phrase

As a group, together.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. formalliteraryAs a group, together.

    On the contrary, it seemed, that mainly at Steelkilt’s instigation, they had resolved to maintain the strictest peacefulness, obey all orders to the last, and, when the ship reached port, desert her in a body.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 286
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APA

in a body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20body

MLA

“in a body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20body. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in a body,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20body.

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