Meanings
adverbcadaverously (comparative more cadaverously, superlative most cadaverously)
comparative more cadaverously · superlative most cadaverously
- 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
Origin
Translations
Lithuanian lavoniškai
- lavoniškaiin a cadaverous manner
Polish trupio
- trupioin a cadaverous manner
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APA
cadaverously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverously
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“cadaverously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverously. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cadaverously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverously.
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