killingly

So as to kill; fatally.

Adverb

  1. So as to kill; fatally.
  2. So as to incapacitate with laughter.
    • 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:

Origin

Etymology tree English killing Middle English -ly English -ly English killingly From killing + -ly.

Forms

more killingly most killingly