Adverb for partly or wholly incapable of movement, especially due to injury or debilitation
“He had continued in this state for two or three weeks, when his arms became paralytic, and he then lost the power of moving his head.”
Adverb for causing, or related to, paralysis or immobility
“Kelloway, in 1935, from his work on peripheral nerve and muscle, characterized the paralytic substance from mussels as a neurotoxin.”
Adverb for extremely drunk from alcohol
“Perhaps I reminded her of our father, drunk and paralytic on a Saturday night, reeking of sweat and booze.”
Adverb for partly or wholly incapable of movement
Adverb for unable to move, typically from fear
Adverb for afflicted with severe debilitation, disability, or paralysis
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