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Deadly

Deadly Meaning & Definition
Deadly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deadly?

[adv] (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
[adv] as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralytic stroke"
[adv] as if dead
[adj] (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
[adj] causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
[adj] of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
[adj] exceedingly harmful
[adj] (theology) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
[adj] extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deadly: baneful | deathly | deucedly | devilishly | fatal | harmful | insanely | lethal | lifelessly | madly | mortal | mortal(a) | noxious | pernicious | pestilent | toxic | unpardonable | venomous | virulent

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Deadly In Webster's Dictionary

\Dead"ly\, a. 1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound. 2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. --Shak. 3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] The image of a deadly man. --Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). {Deadly nightshade} (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under {Nightshade}.
\Dead"ly\, adv. 1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. ``Deadly pale.'' --Shak. 2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx. 24. 3. In an implacable manner; destructively. 4. Extremely. [Obs.] ``Deadly weary.'' --Orrery. ``So deadly cunning a man.'' --Arbuthnot.

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