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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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deadly: a la mort \| abominably \| accurate \| agonizingly \| ashen \| awful \| awfully \| baldly \| baleful \| balefully \| baneful \| barbaric \| barbarous \| bitterly \| blatantly \| bloodthirsty \| blue \| boring \| brashly \| brutal \| cadaverous \| calamitous \| cataclysmal \| cataclysmic \| catastrophic \| catching \| cold-blooded \| communicable \| confoundedly \| consuming \| consumptive \| contagious \| corpselike \| corroding \| corrosive \| corrupting \| corruptive \| counterproductive \| cruelly \| damaging \| damnably \| dangerous \| dead \| deadened \| death-bringing \| deathful \| deathlike \| deathly \| deathly pale \| deleterious \| demolishing \| demolitionary \| depredatory \| desolating \| destroying \| destructive \| detrimental \| deucedly \| devastating \| disadvantageous \| disastrous \| disserviceable \| distressing \| distressingly \| dolorously \| doomful \| dreadful \| dreadfully \| dreary \| dull \| eerie \| egregiously \| envenomed \| exact \| excessively \| excruciating \| excruciatingly \| exorbitantly \| extravagantly \| fatal \| fateful \| fearful \| feral \| ferocious \| flagrantly \| fratricidal \| frightful \| frightfully \| ghastly \| ghostlike \| ghostly \| grievously \| grisly \| gruesome \| haggard \| harmful \| heartless \| hellishly \| homicidal \| horrible \| horribly \| howling \| humdrum \| hurtful \| implacable \| improperly \| inexcusably \| infectious \| infective \| infernally \| inhuman \| injurious \| inordinately \| internecine \| intolerably \| killing \| lamentably \| lethal \| livid \| lurid \| macabre \| malefic \| malevolent \| malign \| malignant \| mephitic \| merciless \| miasmal \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| mischievous \| miserably \| mortal \| mortuary \| murderous \| nakedly \| nihilist \| nihilistic \| noisome \| noxious \| ominous \| openly \| painfully \| pale \| pallid \| pernicious \| pestiferous \| pestilent \| pestilential \| piteously \| pitiless \| poisonous \| precise \| prejudicial \| ravaging \| rousing \| ruining \| ruinous \| ruthless \| sadly \| savage \| scatheful \| self-destructive \| shatteringly \| shockingly \| slaying \| something awful \| something fierce \| sorely \| staggeringly \| subversionary \| subversive \| suicidal \| tedious \| terrible \| terribly \| terrific \| thumping \| tiresome \| to the death \| torturously \| toxic \| toxicant \| toxiferous \| true \| unashamedly \| unbearably \| uncanny \| unconscionably \| unduly \| unearthly \| unerring \| unfailing \| unpardonably \| vandalic \| vandalish \| vandalistic \| venenate \| veneniferous \| venenous \| venomous \| vicious \| virulent \| wan \| wasteful \| wasting \| wearisome \| wearying \| weird \| whacking \| white \| withering \| woefully See Also \| 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.

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"

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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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