killingly

1. 1.

   in a very humorous manner

   Synonymssidesplittingly

Questions about killingly

What does killingly mean?

killingly means "in a very humorous manner".

How many syllables are in killingly?

killingly has 3 syllables and divides as kil-lin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for killingly?

Close synonyms include sidesplittingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is killingly a common word?

killingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.