Definitions
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- adverb In a
sunken way.
Etymologies
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sunken + -ly
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Examples
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On the third stair from the bottom stood (teetering a little slowly back and forth, his lean hands joined behind him and twitching regularly, a kepi tilted forward on his cadaverous head so that its visor almost hid the weak eyes sunkenly peering from under droopy eyebrows, his pompous rooster-like body immaculately attired in a shiny uniform, his puttees sleeked, his cross polished) -- The Fencer.
The Enormous Room 1928
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