Cadaverously

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.

    "It's all on video: me mugging to the camera, the crash of the falling tyre, my initial recoil, then the blood draining from my face as I look down and discover the fingernail gouged out of my flesh just dangling there cadaverously."

Example

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"It's all on video: me mugging to the camera, the crash of the falling tyre, my initial recoil, then the blood draining from my face as I look down and discover the fingernail gouged out of my flesh just dangling there cadaverously."

Etymology

From cadaverous + -ly.

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