cataleptically
/ˌkætəˈlɛptɪkli/
adverb
- In a way that relates to or resembles catalepsy, a condition in which a person's body becomes rigid and they lose awareness or the ability to move.
- The patient lay cataleptically still, not responding to any stimuli.
- The frog remained cataleptically frozen, pretending to be dead to avoid the predator.
- She stared cataleptically at the screen, completely absorbed in the movie.
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