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  • adverb In a putrescent manner.

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putrescent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Even so, it took all of Loren's willpower to stifle a cry of sheer terror when what seemed to be a wall of brilliantly -- no, putrescently -- pink flesh emerged from the sea.

    The Songs of Distant Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1986

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