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killingly
Variant of killing
killing
definition
kill·ing (kil′iŋ)
adjective
- causing, or able to cause, death; destructive; deadly
- exhausting; fatiguing
- Informal very funny or comical
noun
- the act or an instance of murder, destruction, etc.
- ☆ Informal a sudden, great profit or success to make a killing in the stock market
Related Forms:
- killingly kill′·ingly adverb
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