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cadaverously

cadaverously adverb: in a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.

Adverb

cadaverously (comparative more cadaverously, superlative most cadaverously)

  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.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 121

Forms of cadaverously

comparativemore cadaverously
superlativemost cadaverously

Origin of cadaverously

From cadaverous + -ly.

Questions about cadaverously

What does cadaverously mean?
Cadaverously means in a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
What part of speech is cadaverously?
Cadaverously is an adverb.

Words near cadaverously in the dictionary

  1. cadaverize
  2. cadaverized
  3. cadaverizes
  4. cadaverizing
  5. cadaverous
  6. cadaverously
  7. cadaverousness
  8. cadavers
  9. Cadavid
  10. cadazolid
  11. cadbait

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