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Physical

adjective

Involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit. "Physical suffering" , "Was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"

Relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics. "Physical laws"

Having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses. "Surrounded by tangible objects"

According with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter).

Characterized by energetic bodily activity.

Impelled by physical force especially against resistance. Synonyms: forcible, strong-arm. "A real cop would get physical" , "Strong-arm tactics"

Concerned with material things. "The physical characteristics of the earth" , "The physical size of a computer"

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"Physical" Quotes from Famous Books

... physical things trying to clamber up the smooth polished side of an enormous steel plate. They made not the slightest progress. The more he thought, the more unaccountable all ...

— The Cruise of the Dry Dock • T. S. Stribling

... true faith by their instructions, and the edifying example of their own lives. It was with the design of ameliorating the condition of the natives, that she sanctioned the introduction into the colonies of negro slaves born in Spain. This she did on the representation that the physical constitution of the African was much better fitted than that of the Indian to endure severe toil under a tropical climate. To this false principle of economizing human suffering, we are indebted for that foul stain on the ...

— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott

... stopped the sale of spirituous liquors to the natives, and recommended the chiefs to forbid their subjects smoking until a certain age, but no precautions yet taken have had much influence upon their physical condition. They are rapidly dying out. The most prevalent disease is pulmonary consumption, which they declare has been given them by the Europeans. Fewer and fewer children are born every year, and in the tribes about Pooebo and some others these are almost all males. Here is a curious ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15, - No. 86, February, 1875 • Various

... tightly compressed—a single straight line across his stern face. His eyes never varied; they were almost unbearably bright. They held Saltash's with a tensity of purpose that was greater than any display of physical force. It was as if the two were ...

— The Obstacle Race • Ethel M. Dell

... the piano, and Katharine sat near him, absorbed in his remarkable physical likeness to his brother and trying to discover in just what it consisted. She told herself that it was very much as though a sculptor's finished work had been rudely copied in wood. He was of a larger build ...

— The Troll Garden and Selected Stories • Willa Cather

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