Deadly Definition

dĕdlē
deadlier, deadliest
adjective
deadlier, deadliest
Causing death or likely to cause death.
A deadly poison.
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Typical of death.
Deadly pallor.
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To the death; mortal or implacable.
Deadly combat, deadly enemies.
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Very harmful; destructive.
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Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force.
The deadly habit of procrastination.
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adverb
In a way suggestive of death.
To lie deadly still.
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To an extreme.
Deadly serious.
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Extremely or excessively.
Deadly serious.
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Other Word Forms of Deadly

Adjective

Base Form:
deadly
Comparative:
deadlier
Superlative:
deadliest

Origin of Deadly

  • Old English dēadlīċ (adj.), dēadlīċe (adv.), corresponding to dead +‎ -ly. Cognate with Dutch dodelijk, German tödlich.

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Deadly Sentence Examples

  • Why so seeming fast, but deadly slow?

  • A rifle cracked, piercing the silence with deadly import.

  • The old Christian eschatology is set aside; no one has dealt such deadly blows to Chiliasm and Christian apocalypticism as Origen.

  • He got his satchel from the buggy and, opening it, took out two deadly looking revolvers that made the children shrink back in alarm just to look at.

  • It can be dangerous – even deadly.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEA

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Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With Y