deadlily

English

Etymology

From deadly +‎ -ly.

Adverb

deadlily (comparative more deadlily, superlative most deadlily)

  1. In a deadly manner.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 48:
      But she was deadlily learned and evil-instructed; and, now and again, when the mask dropped, men saw this, shuddered and — almost drew back.
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