Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a. 1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. --Tatler. 2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. ``Bodily defects.'' --L'Estrange. 3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.] Be brought to bodily act. --Shak. {Bodily fear}, apprehension of physical injury. Syn: See {Corporal}.