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Definition of Killingly
1. Adverb. In a very humorous manner.
Definition of Killingly
1. Adverb. In a killing manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Killingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killingly
Literary usage of Killingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly edited by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller (1897)
"On the east side of the ample Common crowning old killingly Hill—now known as
Putnam Heights—a little back from the line of the other houses, ..."
2. A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care by John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles (1819)
"One of the factories is called the Danielson Manufacturing Company ; one the
killingly Manufacturing Company ; and one the Ches- nut hill Manufacturing ..."
3. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams (1910)
"Hannah, born December 5, 1747, died December 25, ( V ) Reverend Manasseh Cutler,
son of Hezekiah Cutler (4), born at killingly, Connecticut, May 13. ..."
4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1874)
"killingly, shewing that they are greatly aggrieved by the doings of a committee
appointed by this Assembly to affix a place for the building a meeting house ..."
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