1. in a manner relating to or characterized by paralysis
Usage: medical
2. to an extremely intoxicated degree
Usage: informal

Examples

• The patient’s arm hung paralytically at his side after the stroke.
• The medication left her paralytically unable to move her legs.
• He was paralytically drunk after the party.
• She stared paralytically at the shocking news.
• The snake’s venom worked paralytically on its prey.