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Deadly   /dˈɛdli/   Listen
Deadly

adjective
1.
Causing or capable of causing death.  Synonyms: deathly, mortal.  "A deadly enemy" , "Mortal combat" , "A mortal illness"
2.
Of an instrument of certain death.  Synonym: lethal.  "Lethal weapon" , "A lethal injection"
3.
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom.  Synonyms: venomous, virulent.  "A virulent insect bite"
4.
Involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death.  Synonym: mortal.
5.
Exceedingly harmful.  Synonyms: baneful, pernicious, pestilent.
6.
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect.
adverb
1.
As if dead.  Synonym: lifelessly.
2.
(used as intensives) extremely.  Synonyms: deucedly, devilishly, insanely, madly.  "Deadly dull" , "Deadly earnest" , "Deucedly clever" , "Insanely jealous"



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"Deadly" Quotes from Famous Books



... thing to learn practically. It needs the deadly torpedo, fired below the water, and traveling under the surface, to make the torpedo boat the greatest of all dangers that menace the haughty battleship of ...
— The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise - The Young Kings of the Deep • Victor G. Durham

... their property for himself and his satellites, who are usually as bad, if not worse, than the president himself. Whole families—men, women, and children—are murdered at the instance of these ruffians, and, as a consequence, the most deadly feuds spring up, and the presidents and their followers are always themselves in danger of reprisals from others. Perhaps the very worst of these presidents in recent times has been the notorious Domingue, who was overthrown by an insurrection, ...
— Martin Hewitt, Investigator • Arthur Morrison

... the midi, and, alas! none too popular at this moment. Still, they have been well received, and their presence does liven up the place. This morning, before I was up, I heard the horses trotting by for their morning exercise, and got out of bed to watch them going along the hill. After the deadly tiresome waiting silence that has reigned here all winter, it made the hillside look ...
— On the Edge of the War Zone - From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes • Mildred Aldrich

... to himself, until suddenly he stopped, and fixed his eyes on Denman, who, with gritting teeth, had watched the deadly ...
— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson

... were seething under a surface of deadly calm, when Truedale, believing that he had himself well in control, packed his gunny sack and started forth for a long tramp. He had no particular destination in mind—in fact, the soft, dreamy autumn day lulled him to mental inertia—he simply went along, but he went ...
— The Man Thou Gavest • Harriet T. Comstock


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