Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "kadaweragtig" lyk soos 'n lyk omdat dit baie bleek, maer of benig is. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n skraal of verweerde voorkoms wat dui op swak gesondheid of 'n gebrek aan lewenskragtigheid.
His once handsome face had become cadaverous, his eyes sunken, lips chapped and flaking, as if he had gone weeks without food.
The zombie groaned and lunged but she rolled underneath the cadaverous limb and flung herself to the nearest exit.
They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the cadaverous cod and haddock whose fame is trumpeted in our streets.
