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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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • Adverb: In a deadly manner.

    November 3, 2017