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murderously

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English murderous Middle English -ly English -ly English murderously From murderous + -ly.

  1. In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.

    They decided to stop arguing over which spelling was correct after she began glaring murderously at each person who participated.

  2. Intensely

    It's a murderously difficult piece to perform.

    That we inhabit a country in which, for all its murderously real problems, this is a feasible vision is a great privilege.