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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

killingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
killing-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to kill; fatally.

adv

So as to incapacitate with laughter.

name

A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English killing Middle English -ly English -ly English killingly From killing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more killingly (comparative) most killingly (superlative)

Phrases

South Killingly

Synonyms

sidesplittingly

Questions

What does killingly mean?
So as to kill; fatally.
Where does killingly come from?
Etymology tree English killing Middle English -ly English -ly English killingly From killing + -ly.

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