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murderingly

murderingly adverb: murderously.

Adverb

murderingly

  1. murderously
    • […] his conclusion was that Luther was murderingly jealous and that he was to be dreaded.1899, Thomas Jondrie Vivian, Luther Strong: His Wooing and Madness, page 243
    • The conjugal companion of Mr Verloc had suddenly become ravingly, murderingly insane.2007, Geoffrey N. Leech, Mick Short, Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose

Origin of murderingly

From murdering + -ly.

Questions about murderingly

What does murderingly mean?
Murderingly means murderously.
What part of speech is murderingly?
Murderingly is an adverb.

Words near murderingly in the dictionary

  1. murderhoboing
  2. murderhobos
  3. murderhood
  4. murderin'
  5. murdering
  6. murderingly
  7. murderings
  8. Murderino
  9. Murderinos
  10. murderise
  11. murderish

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