murderously
adverb
murderously is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-O-U-S-L-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, murderously means “In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in murderously?
| Letters | 11: M-U-R-D-E-R-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is murderously?
Murderously appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of murderously
- more murderously comparative
- most murderously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does murderously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
They decided to stop arguing over which spelling was correct after she began glaring murderously at each person who participated.
- 2
Intensely
It's a murderously difficult piece to perform.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does murderously come from?
From murderous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).