BODILY

[adverb], [adjective] [not gradable]He carried her bodily (= lifted her body and moved her) up the stairs.(figurative) The old house was moved bodily (= The whole structure was moved) to a new site when the bypass was built.Some illnesses are caught by coming into contact with the bodily fluids (= blood, saliva, etc.) of people who are suffering from them.Two men were following me in such a threatening way that I was afraid they were going to cause me bodily harm.Bodily functions and bodily needs are the things the body does or feels a need to do that are not under the control of the mind.