deadlily

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adverb

In a deadly manner.

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Meanings

adverbdeadlily (comparative more deadlily, superlative most deadlily)

comparative more deadlily · superlative most deadlily

  1. 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

Origin

From deadly + -ly.

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APA

deadlily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlily

MLA

“deadlily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadlily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlily.

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