deadlily en · ADV
Etymology
From deadly + -ly.
Meanings
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In a deadly manner.
But she was deadlily learned and evil-instructed; and, now and again, when the mask dropped, men saw this, shuddered and — almost drew back.
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 48:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most deadlily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more deadlily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |