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Audio Help [ded-lee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -li·er, -li·est, adverb

–adjective

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.

5.	excessive; inordinate: deadly haste.

6.	extremely accurate: Annie Oakley was a deadly shot.

–adverb

7.	in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale.

8.	excessively; completely: deadly dull.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME deedli(ch), OE déadlīce. See dead, -ly

]

—Related forms

dead·li·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See fatal. 4. dull, tedious, tiresome.

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dead·ly Audio Help (děd'lē) Pronunciation Key
adj. dead·li·er, dead·li·est

Causing or tending to cause death: deadly weapons; a deadly spill of radioactive waste products. See Synonyms at fatal.
Suggestive of death: a deadly pallor.
Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable: deadly enemies.
1. Destructive in effect: gave the film a deadly review.
2. Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force: the deadly habit of procrastination.
Absolute; utter: deadly concentration.
Extreme or terrible: worked under deadly strain.
Extremely accurate; unerring: She is a deadly shot with the bow.
Dull, tedious, and boring: a deadly prose style.

adv.

So as to suggest death.
To an extreme: deadly serious.

dead'li·ness n.

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deadly
adjective
1.	causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
2.	of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
3.	extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
4.	involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
5.	exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful]
6.	(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
adverb
1.	as if dead
2.	(used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly]

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ˈdeadly1 adjective

causing death
Example: a deadly poison

Arabic:	مُميت، قَتّال
Chinese (Simplified):	殊死的
Chinese (Traditional):	殊死的
Czech:	smrtelný
Danish:	dødelig
Dutch:	dodelijk
Estonian:	surmav
Finnish:	kuolettava
French:	mortel
German:	tödlich
Greek:	θανατηφόρος
Hungarian:	halálos
Icelandic:	banvænn
Indonesian:	mematikan
Italian:	mortale

Japanese:	命取りの
Korean:	치명적인
Latvian:	nāvīgs; nāvējošs
Lithuanian:	mirtinas
Norwegian:	dødbringende, dødelig
Polish:	śmiertelny
Portuguese (Brazil):	mortal
Portuguese (Portugal):	mortal
Romanian:	mortal
Russian:	смертельный
Slovak:	smrteľný
Slovenian:	smrtonosen
Spanish:	mortal
Swedish:	dödlig
Turkish:	öldürücü, ölümcül

ˈdeadly2 adjective

very great
Example: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).

Arabic:	عَظيم
Chinese (Simplified):	非常
Chinese (Traditional):	非常
Czech:	smrtelný, naprostý
Danish:	smadder; død-
Dutch:	dood-
Estonian:	ääretu, surm-
Finnish:	suunnattoman, kuoleman-
French:	le plus grand
German:	äußerst
Greek:	απόλυτος
Hungarian:	halálos(an)
Icelandic:	ákafur, mikill, algerlega
Indonesian:	sangat
Italian:	grande

Japanese:	全くの
Korean:	대단한
Latvian:	briesmīgs; ārkārtīgs
Lithuanian:	baisus
Norwegian:	svær, veldig, dødsens
Polish:	nadzwyczajny
Portuguese (Brazil):	absolutamente
Portuguese (Portugal):	absolutamente
Romanian:	extrem de
Russian:	предельно серьёзный
Slovak:	smrteľný
Slovenian:	zelo velik
Spanish:	absolutamente
Swedish:	fullständigt
Turkish:	tamamen

ˈdeadly3 adjective

very dull or uninteresting
Example: What a deadly job this is.

Arabic:	مُمِل، قاتِل
Chinese (Simplified):	死气沉沉的，呆板的
Chinese (Traditional):	死氣沈沈的，獃板的
Czech:	hrozný, nudný, umrtvující
Danish:	dræbende; kedelig
Dutch:	doodsaai
Estonian:	tapvalt igav
Finnish:	kuolettavan tylsä
French:	assommant
German:	sterbenslangweilig
Greek:	ανιαρός
Hungarian:	halálosan unalmas
Icelandic:	drepleiðinlegur
Indonesian:	menjemukan
Italian:	insopportabile

Japanese:	やりきれない
Korean:	지루하고 따분한
Latvian:	garlaicīgs; garlaikojošs
Lithuanian:	siaubingai nuobodus, klaikus
Norwegian:	gørrkjedelig, drepende
Polish:	śmiertelnie nudny, monotonny
Portuguese (Brazil):	insuportável
Portuguese (Portugal):	aborrecido
Romanian:	plicticos
Russian:	предельно скучный
Slovak:	nudný
Slovenian:	dolgočasen
Spanish:	aburridísimo
Swedish:	dödtråkig
Turkish:	sıkıcı, iç bayıltıcı

ˈdeadly adverb

extremely
Example: deadly dull; deadly serious

Arabic:	جِدا
Chinese (Simplified):	非常
Chinese (Traditional):	非常
Czech:	totálně, strašně
Danish:	død-
Dutch:	dood-
Estonian:	äärmiselt
Finnish:	äärimmäisen
French:	mortellement
German:	tod-…
Greek:	εξαιρετικά
Hungarian:	halálosan
Icelandic:	ákaflega
Indonesian:	sangat
Italian:	tremendamente

Japanese:	はなはだしく
Korean:	매우, 대단히
Latvian:	briesmīgi; ārkārtīgi
Lithuanian:	baisiai, mirtinai
Norwegian:	svært, dødsens, døds-
Polish:	nieludzko, śmiertelnie
Portuguese (Brazil):	extremamente
Portuguese (Portugal):	muito
Romanian:	îngrijorător de
Russian:	чрезвычайно
Slovak:	strašne
Slovenian:	zelo
Spanish:	terriblemente
Swedish:	dödligt, döds-
Turkish:	son derece, çok çok