deadly

[ ded-lee ]

/ ˈdɛd li /

adjective, dead·li·er, dead·li·est.

causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.

aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy.

like death: a deadly pallor.

excruciatingly boring: The dinner party was absolutely deadly.

excessive; inordinate: deadly haste.

extremely accurate: Annie Oakley was a deadly shot.

adverb

in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale.

excessively; completely: deadly dull.

Origin of deadly

before 900; Middle English deedli(ch), Old English dēadlīce. See dead, -ly

SYNONYMS FOR deadly

1 See fatal.

4 dull, tedious, tiresome.

OTHER WORDS FROM deadly

dead·li·ness, noun non·dead·ly, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deadly

deadly deathly

Words nearby deadly

deadfall, deadhead, deadlight, deadline, deadlock, deadly, deadly nightshade, deadly sins, deadman, deadpan, deadrise

Example sentences from the Web for deadlier

With a mortality rate of 70 percent, the more cases that arise, the deadlier this epidemic becomes.

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With dozens of shootings in a weekend, the Windy City has earned another, deadlier moniker.

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The tragedy in West Virginia reminds us that some careers are deadlier than others.

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He was mad, crazed, intoxicated; but with a deadlier poison than was ever distilled from corn or vine!

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Going into thousands of homes every day, it is a deadlier menace than yellow fever.

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking
Borrow returned the blow, a deadlier, fiercer blow, aimed not at the face but at the heart.

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Greater knowledge of chemistry means industrial advancement and also deadlier poison gases.

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Again and again he rallied it splendidly, only to be hurled back each time with deadlier slaughter.

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British Dictionary definitions for deadlier

deadly

/ (ˈdɛdlɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

likely to cause death deadly poison; deadly combat

informal extremely boring

adverb, adjective

like death in appearance or certainty deadly pale; a deadly sleep

Derived forms of deadly

deadliness, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

deadly

adjective, dead·li·er, dead·li·est.

adverb

Origin of deadly

SYNONYMS FOR deadly

OTHER WORDS FROM deadly

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deadly

Words nearby deadly

Example sentences from the Web for deadlier

British Dictionary definitions for deadlier

adjective -lier or -liest

adverb, adjective

Derived forms of deadly

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

deadly

adjective, dead·li·er, dead·li·est.

adverb

Origin of deadly

SYNONYMS FOR deadly

OTHER WORDS FROM deadly

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deadly

Words nearby deadly

Words related to deadlier

Example sentences from the Web for deadlier

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adjective -lier or -liest

adverb, adjective

Derived forms of deadly

British Dictionary definitions for deadlier