Paralytically

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a paralytic manner. not-comparable

    "He was paralytically drunk."

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"But if it stay not with the Patient, it must be repeated again: For it's no unusual Thing in these Cases, for Glysters to come slip away presently, by reason that the Intestines having their Fibres benumbed, and paralytically relaxed, lose their retentive Faculty."

Etymology

From paralytic + -ally.

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