killingly
English
Etymology
killing + -ly
Adverb
killingly (comparative more killingly, superlative most killingly)
- So as to kill; fatally.
- (figuratively) So as to incapacitate with laughter.
- 1916 William Dean Howells: Between the Dark and the Daylight (page 152)
- I should not be able to say how killingly droll I found this.
- 1916 William Dean Howells: Between the Dark and the Daylight (page 152)