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paralytically

paralytically adverb: in a paralytic manner.

Adverb

paralytically (not comparable)

  1. In a paralytic manner.
    • He was paralytically drunk.
    • 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.1710, Thomas Fuller, Pharmacopœia extemporanea

Examples of paralytically in a sentence

  • But to the top of the House is Mankind, thus paralytically diseased, to be carry'd by the four Evangelists, his Bearers.1729, Thomas Woolston, A Discurse on the Miracles of our Saviour in view of present controversy between infidels and apostates:
  • Once I play the first note of the first song, I'm fine, but before that, I can get paralytically afraid.2014, Emily Spivack, Worn Stories, page 45:

Origin of paralytically

From paralytic + -ally.

Questions about paralytically

What does paralytically mean?
Paralytically means in a paralytic manner.
How do you use paralytically in a sentence?
But to the top of the House is Mankind, thus paralytically diseased, to be carry'd by the four Evangelists, his Bearers.
What part of speech is paralytically?
Paralytically is an adverb.

Words near paralytically in the dictionary

  1. paralytic
  2. paralytic abasia
  3. paralytic dementia
  4. paralytic dementias
  5. paralytical
  6. paralytically
  7. paralytick
  8. paralyticks
  9. paralytics
  10. paralyzable
  11. paralyzant

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