Looking for an *adverb* along the lines of limp/inanimate/dead?
I think I’ve got a word in mind but it’s not coming to me. I’m writing this paragraph into my mind and I’m confused. The sentence in question revolves around an unconscious character’s head “lolling from side to side” as he’s carried across a room. How do others choose to achieve this? I wrote him like limply “from side to side” but now I’m trying to write limply from the other side. I mean some more descriptive adverbs. I’m looking for something that captures the essence of his unresponsiveness. The scene’s POV character is extremely concerned about this character, and the way his head is moving makes her afraid he’s going to die.
“Limply” works, but I’d just hoped to find something more specific, and I’m drawing a blank. What are some ideas based on the above description?
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Possible candidates: flimsily, floppily, enervated, flabbily, listlessly, droopingly limberly. (Lolling limberly has a nicent sound to it; it would make a stark contrast to the situation your character is in, thereby increasing tension).
Is inertly a promising adverb?
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of Speed: inert : lacking strength or ability to move; lacking
vigor The OP’s
example:… an unconscious character’s head “lolling ______ from side to side” as he’s carried across a room” I would think that inertly captures what you are looking for, i.e. an unconscious character’s head “lolling
inertly from side to side as he’s carried across a room” I would try the opposite “the essence of his Unresponsiveness”. If I were the scene’s POV character, I would “be extremely concerned about this character, and the way his head is moving makes her afraid he’s going to die. ” Why
do people say “No Tolerance”?
Is inertly a promising adverb?
In Search
of Speed: inert : lacking strength or ability to move; lacking
vigor The OP’s
example:… an unconscious character’s head “lolling ______ from side to side” as he’s carried across a room” I would think that inertly captures what you are looking for, i.e. an unconscious character’s head “lolling
inertly from side to side as he’s carried across a room” I would try the opposite “the essence of his Unresponsiveness”. If I were the scene’s POV character, I would “be extremely concerned about this character, and the way his head is moving makes her afraid he’s going to die. ” Why
do people say “No Tolerance”?
May I suggest the word flaccid, adjective – “(of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look and feel unpleasant (Google) Please use Google spellcheck to check that the adverb, Flaccidly exists?
May I suggest the word flaccid, adjective – “(of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look and feel unpleasant (Google) Please use Google spellcheck to check that the adverb, Flaccidly exists?
