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Examples
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It was deadlily dark in the wood, with a darkness more unbroken than the stillness which yet seemed part of it.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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But she was deadlily learned and evil-instructed; and, now and again, when the mask dropped, men saw this, shuddered and almost drew back.
Under the Deodars Rudyard Kipling 1900
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When at [a] short distance from him I saw that he was deadlily [_sic_] pale, and clothed in flowing garments of white.
Mathilda Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1824
Logophile77 commented on the word deadlily
Adverb: In a deadly manner.
November 3, 2017