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Definition of Paralytically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paralytically
Literary usage of Paralytically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"about, his partially disabled foot slapping the floor more paralytically than usual.
" О well. You are not married into the family ; but you may be. ..."
2. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"... show for an instant as if paralytically animated; while even poor little Cock
Robin at Mr. Venus's elbow turns over on his innocent side. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"... in the simplest attainable way, of questions which, if they had paused to
master their complexity, might have proved almost paralytically appalling. ..."
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