1839 C. Dickens xli. 398 Even her black dress assumed something of a deadly-lively air from the jaunty style in which it was worn.
1881 Mrs. Oliphant in 43 492 He was taken to Mentone..to the deadly-liveliness..and invalid surroundings of that shelter of the suffering.
1891 12 Dec. 855 The deadly-liveliness of flippant and forced humour.