Morbidly
['mɔrbɪdli]
Definition
(adv.) in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree; 'he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a morbid manner.
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Examples
- The van der Luydens were morbidly sensitive to any criticism of their secluded existence. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was morbidly nervous of fire, and always kept this beside him, so that he might escape by the window in case the stairs were burning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This was a good time, to be sure, to sit down morbidly and cry! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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