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Meaning of 'deadly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deadly [ a.]
- Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
- Subject to death; mortal.
2 . Deadly [ adv.]
- In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.
- In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
- In an implacable manner; destructively.
- Extremely.

Meaning of 'deadly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deadly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- (used as intensives) extremely
Example in sentence:
  • deadly dull;
  • deadly earnest;
  • deucedly clever;
  • insanely jealous;
  • she was madly in love
2 . deadly [ s]
Meaning (2):
- causing or capable of causing death
Example in sentence:
  • a deadly enemy;
  • a fatal accident;
  • a mortal illness;
  • mortal combat
Meaning (3):
- of an instrument of certain death
Example in sentence:
  • a lethal injection;
  • deadly poisons;
  • lethal weapon
Meaning (4):
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Example in sentence:
  • a virulent insect bite;
  • venomous snakes
Meaning (5):
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
Example in sentence:
  • the seven deadly sins

Nearby Words:

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