AskDefine | Define viscerally

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viscerally adv
1 in an unreasoning visceral manner [syn: unreasoningly]
2 in the viscera; "he is bleeding viscerally"

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English

Etymology

From visceral + -ly.

Adverb

  1. Literally, in a manner that affects the viscera or gut.
    The soldier was wounded viscerally and was expected to die of gangrene.
  2. In a visceral manner; in a way that affects one's inner core or produces overwhelming emotions.
    ''The shock of my friend's decapitation affected me viscerally, and I became paralyzed with dread.
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