deadly

[ ded-lee ]

/ ˈdɛd li /

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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.

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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 deadliness

We are not talking about an end to spree killing, only about a (perhaps) very slight reduction in its deadliness.

There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre |Megan McArdle |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This time she spoke to him in the voice with the quality of deadliness in it which she had used to her mother.

T. Tembarom |Frances Hodgson Burnett
But the knowledge of his deadliness kept him from being made a target.

When the West Was Young |Frederick R. Bechdolt
Missiles have peculiar characteristics, and differ in their capacity for deadliness.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6) |Louis Creswicke

None of the cholera epidemics, however, approached in deadliness the plagues of 1625 and 1665.

The Political History of England - Vol XI |George Brodrick
But there was one circumstance which gave it a deadliness all its own.

The Man Upstairs |P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for deadliness

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

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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 deadliness

British Dictionary definitions for deadliness

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 deadliness

Example sentences from the Web for deadliness

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adjective -lier or -liest

adverb, adjective

Derived forms of deadly

British Dictionary definitions for deadliness