Morbidly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree.
"In his reply he seemed less set against that plan than his past attitude would have led one to predict, but said he would like to hold off a little while longer—long enough to get his things in order and reconcile himself to the idea of leaving an almost morbidly cherished birthplace."
- 1 in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree wordnet
Example
More examples"Given the urgency of the problem, researchers have turned to stomach or bariatric surgery for diabetic patients. In two studies published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic report surgery that reduced the size of the stomach — typically performed to remove cancerous tumors or speed weight loss in the morbidly obese — also reversed diabetes in 40 percent of patients. Italian researchers, reporting on the results of a more radical gastric procedure, say 75 percent of diabetes patients in their study went into remission, while 95 percent were effectively cured."
Etymology
From morbid + -ly.
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