suicidally

English

Etymology

From suicidal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

suicidally (comparative more suicidally, superlative most suicidally)

1. In a suicidal fashion.
   • 1999, Michael Pearson, Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx, page 56:

     My father did not magnanimously toss fish to the admiring multitudes, and most likely he did not beckon to the catfish, which then leapt suicidally into our boat.

   • 2010, Donald W. Bacon, Followed by Madness:

     “Misled how?” I toss this over in my mind as my fork tosses the murg phall, a suicidally hot Bangalore-style chicken curry designed for masochistic European taste, slowly oxidizing in my plate.

2. In terms of or by means of suicide.
   • 1984, Sharon Scholl, Death and the Humanities, page 154:

     To accusations that her leap from her prison tower was suicidally motivated, she replies scornfully that anybody with any sense prefers to try for freedom instead of remaining in prison.

   • 2007, John H. Trestrail, III, Criminal Poisoning, page 63:

     There can be a suicidally motivated parent who wishes to take the children with him or her.