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deadly

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dead·ly  (ddl)
adj. dead·li·er, dead·li·est
1. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly weapons; a deadly spill of radioactive waste products. See Synonyms at fatal.
2. Suggestive of death: a deadly pallor.
3. Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable: deadly enemies.
4.
a. Destructive in effect: gave the film a deadly review.
b. Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force: the deadly habit of procrastination.
5. Absolute; utter: deadly concentration.
6. Extreme or terrible: worked under deadly strain.
7. Extremely accurate; unerring: She is a deadly shot with the bow.
8. Dull, tedious, and boring: a deadly prose style.
adv.
1. So as to suggest death.
2. To an extreme: deadly serious.

deadli·ness n.

deadly
Adjective
[-lier, -liest]
1. likely to cause death: deadly poison
2. Informal extremely boring
Adverb, adj
like or suggestive of death: deadly pale
Adverb
extremely: she was being deadly serious
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deadly - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
fatal - bringing death
2.deadlydeadly - of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
fatal - bringing death
3.deadlydeadly - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
4.deadly - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
unpardonable - not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior"
5.deadly - exceedingly harmful
noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
6.deadly - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
virulent - infectious; having the ability to cause disease
Adv.1.deadly - as if dead
2.deadly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

deadly
adjective 2. (Informal) boring, dull, tedious, flat, monotonous, uninteresting, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal) wearisome, as dry as dust
adjective 3. deathly, white, pale, ghostly, ghastly, wan, pasty, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, ashy, deathlike, wheyfaced
Translations
Spanish deadly [ˈdɛdlɪ] adjmortal, fatal;
deadly dull → aburridísimo

French deadly [ˈdɛdlɪ] dead adjmortel(le); [weapon] → meurtrier/ière;
deadly dull → ennuyeux/euse à mourir, mortellement ennuyeux

German deadly [ˈdɛdlɪ] dead adjtödlich
adv deadly dull → todlangweilig

Italian deadly [ˈdɛdlɪ] adjmortale; [weapon, poison] → micidiale
adv deadly dull → di una noia micidiale

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A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict.
What deadly voids and unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.
It was a marvellous spotted thing, as effective as the seven deadly sins.
 
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