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deadly
[ ded-lee ]
adjective
a deadly poison.
- aiming to kill or destroy; implacable:
a deadly enemy.
- like death:
a deadly pallor.
- excruciatingly boring:
The dinner party was absolutely deadly.
deadly haste.
- extremely accurate:
Annie Oakley was a deadly shot.
adverb
- in a manner resembling or suggesting death:
deadly pale.
- excessively; completely:
deadly dull.
deadly
/ ˈdɛdlɪ /
adjective
- likely to cause death
deadly poison
deadly combat
- informal.extremely boring
adverb
- like death in appearance or certainty
deadly pale
a deadly sleep
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Derived Forms
- ˈdeadliness, noun
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Other Words From
- deadli·ness noun
- non·deadly adjective
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Example Sentences
The comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.
Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
Whatever the reason, and however absurd their beliefs may seem, American evangelicals are deadly serious.
They now claim that Amanda actually wielded the knife and struck the deadly blow, increasing her sentence to 28-and-a-half years.
There is a fascination in serpents, and there is one far more deadly—who has not felt it?
This time they were not met by the cavalrymen alone, but the cannon belched forth its deadly charge of canister in their faces.
I wish Vicky saw through her; she has so much influence over Jack, and such deadly powers of ridicule.
The weeks lengthened into months, and the holidays came; but just before the holidays Black Sheep fell into deadly sin.
Economy with the good old soul was a cardinal virtue, waste a deadly sin.
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