cadaverously
English edit
Etymology edit
cadaverous + -ly
Adverb edit
cadaverously (comparative more cadaverously, superlative most cadaverously)
- 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.
Translations edit
in a cadaverous manner
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