Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cadaverous manner.
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- adverb In a
cadaverous manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was impressively tall, cadaverously thin, yet upright and youthful-looking for his age, clean shaven and silver-haired, with high, prominent cheekbones and a large aquiline nose.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He was impressively tall, cadaverously thin, yet upright and youthful-looking for his age, clean shaven and silver-haired, with high, prominent cheekbones and a large aquiline nose.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He was impressively tall, cadaverously thin, yet upright and youthful-looking for his age, clean shaven and silver-haired, with high, prominent cheekbones and a large aquiline nose.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He was impressively tall, cadaverously thin, yet upright and youthful-looking for his age, clean shaven and silver-haired, with high, prominent cheekbones and a large aquiline nose.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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They were Asian men, the officers saw, diminutive and cadaverously thin.
‘The Snakehead’ 2009
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He was impressively tall, cadaverously thin, yet upright and youthful-looking for his age, clean shaven and silver-haired, with high, prominent cheekbones and a large aquiline nose.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Good answer, because at that moment — 8: 15, give or take — Mr. Lagerfeld himself was making his way cadaverously to the party.
Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her 2008
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Good answer, because at that moment — 8: 15, give or take — Mr. Lagerfeld himself was making his way cadaverously to the party.
Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her 2008
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Good answer, because at that moment — 8: 15, give or take — Mr. Lagerfeld himself was making his way cadaverously to the party.
Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her 2008
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Good answer, because at that moment — 8: 15, give or take — Mr. Lagerfeld himself was making his way cadaverously to the party.
Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her 2008
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