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1
adj actual, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, physical, substantial, tangible

2
adv altogether, as a body, as a group, collectively, completely, en masse, entirely, fully, totally, wholly

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bodily

1       adj   Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body.
ADJ n
There's more to eating than just bodily needs.
  →   grievous bodily harm

2       adv   You use bodily to indicate that an action involves the whole of someone's body.
ADV with v
I was hurled bodily to the deck.

actual bodily harm
Actual bodily harm is a criminal offence in which someone gives another person a minor injury. n-uncount

bodily function ( bodily functions plural ) A person's bodily functions are the normal physical processes that regularly occur in their body, particularly the ability to urinate and defecate. n-count
The child was not able to speak, walk properly or control bodily functions.

grievous bodily harm
If someone is accused of grievous bodily harm, they are accused of causing very serious physical injury to someone. The abbreviation GBH is often used.     (LEGAL)      n-uncount
They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.

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