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Killingly vs Willingly - What's the difference?

killingly | willingly |

As adverbs the difference between killingly and willingly

is that killingly is in a killing manner while willingly is of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

killingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a killing manner.
  • * 1916 William Dean Howells: Between the Dark and the Daylight (page 152) [http://www.google.com/books?spell=1&q=%22I+should+not+be+able+to+say+how+killingly+droll+I+found+this%22&btnG=Search+Books]
    • I should not be able to say how killingly droll I found this.

    willingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.
    • Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

    Synonyms

    * gladly, happily