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deadly

[ ded-lee ]

adjective

deadlier, deadliest.
  1. causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal:

    a deadly poison.

  2. aiming to kill or destroy; implacable:

    a deadly enemy.

  3. like death:

    a deadly pallor.

  4. excruciatingly boring:

    The dinner party was absolutely deadly.

    Synonyms: , ,

  5. deadly haste.

  6. extremely accurate:

    Annie Oakley was a deadly shot.



adverb

  1. in a manner resembling or suggesting death:

    deadly pale.

  2. excessively; completely:

    deadly dull.

deadly

/ ˈ»åÉ›»å±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. likely to cause death

    deadly poison

    deadly combat

  2. informal.
    extremely boring
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. like death in appearance or certainty

    deadly pale

    a deadly sleep

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å±ð²¹»å±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð²¹»ål¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·»å±ð²¹»ål²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deadly1

First recorded before 900; Middle English deedli(ch), Old English »åŧ²¹»å±ôÄ«³¦±ð; dead, -ly
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Synonym Study

See fatal.
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