Killingly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Killing \Kill"ing\, a.
     Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a
     colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. --
     {Kill"ing*ly}, adv.
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           Those eyes are made so killing.          --Pope.
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           Nothing could be more killingly spoken.  --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  killingly
       adv : in a very humorous manner [syn: {sidesplittingly}]