Bodily vs Important - What's the difference?
bodily | important | Related terms |
Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
* Tatler
Real; actual; put into execution.
* Shakespeare
In or by the body; physically.
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Having relevant and crucial value.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
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*:For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.
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Bodily is a related term of important.
As adjectives the difference between bodily and important
is that bodily is of, relating to, or concerning the body while important is important.As an adverb bodily
is in or by the body; physically.bodily
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.
- You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.
- Be brought to bodily act.
Synonyms
* corporal * corporealAdverb
(-)- He was thrown bodily out of the house.
Synonyms
* *important
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
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Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}