Meanings
comparative more murdery · superlative most murdery
- informalCommitting, disposed to, or characteristic of murder.
So he gets a little murdery to speed up the inheritance process.
2013, Michelle Witte, Faker's Guide to the Classics: Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn't), Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 982 more examples
Lately, there's been this contagious idea that I resemble a hungry, murdery girl ghost from a Japanese horror movie, so Jenny came to school in blue lipstick and white powder. To mock me.
2015, Maria Dahvana Headley, Magonia, HarperTeen, →ISBNThe Doctor: So, they'll try to kill you, blah blah blah. What does that matter? You come back. A bit murdery, sure, but even so.
2015 3 October, Toby Whithouse, "Under the Lake", episode 9-3 of Doctor Who, 00:15:56–00:16:03
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