cadaverously

English

Etymology

cadaverous +‎ -ly

Adverb

cadaverously (comparative more cadaverously, superlative most cadaverously)

  1. In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 121:
      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.

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