Murderously

2 definitions found

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

  Murderous \Mur"der*ous\, a.
     Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing,
     murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder;
     bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine;
     murderous intent; a murderous assault. "Murderous coward."
     --Shak. -- {Mur"der*ous*ly}, adv.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell;
          savage; cruel.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  murderously
       adv 1: as if bent on murder; "the huge dog bore down on them with
              bared fangs and barking murderously"
       2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing
          sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: {amok}, {amuck}]