Definitions for Deadly
ˈdɛd lidead·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadly, deathly, mortaladjective

   causing or capable of causing death

   "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

2. deadly, lethaladjective

   of an instrument of certain death

   "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

3. deadly, venomous, virulentadjective

   extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

   "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

4. deadly, mortal(a)adjective

   involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

   "the seven deadly sins"

5. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

   exceedingly harmful

6. deadlyadverb

   (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

7. deadly, lifelesslyadverb

   as if dead

8. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishlyadverb

   (used as intensives) extremely

   "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadlyadverb

   Fatally, mortally.

2. deadlyadverb

   In a way which suggests death.

   Her face suddenly became deadly white.

3. deadlyadverb

   Extremely.

4. deadlyadjective

   Subject to death; mortal.

5. deadlyadjective

   Causing death; lethal.

6. deadlyadjective

   very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.)

7. deadlyadjective

   very boring

8. deadlyadjective

   excellent, awesome, cool

9. Etymology: deadlic (adj.), deadlice (adv.), corresponding to. Cognate with Dutch dodelijk, German tödlich.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deadlyadjective

   Etymology: from dead.

   1. Destructive; mortal; murtherous.

   She that herself will shiver and disbranch
   From her material sap, perforce must wither,
   And come to deadly use. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   She then on Romeo calls,
   As if that name,
   Shot from the deadly level of a gun,
   Did murther her. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   Dry mourning will decay more deadly bring,
   As a North wind burns a too forward Spring;
   Give sorrow vent, and let the sluices go. John Dryden, Aurengb.

   2. Mortal; implacable.

   The Numidians, in number infinite, are deadly enemies unto the Turks. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

2. Deadlyadverb

   1. In a manner resembling the dead.

   Like dumb statues, or unbreathing stones,
   Star’d each on other, and look’d deadly pale. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Young Arcite heard, and up he ran with haste,
   And ask’d him why he look’d so deadly wan. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. Mortally.

   I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ez. xxx. 24.

   3. Implacably; irreconcileably; destructively.4. It is sometimes used in a ludicrous sense, only to enforce the signification of a word.

   Mettled schoolboys set to cuff,
   Will not confess that they have done enough,
   Though deadly weary. Orrery.

   John had got an impression, that Lewis was so deadly cunning a man, that he was afraid to venture himself alone with him. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadly

   Deadly refers to something that is likely to cause or is capable of causing death; lethal, fatal, or life-threatening. It can also refer to something highly dangerous, ominous or with adverse effects. In a figurative or casual sense, it can imply something extremely accurate, effective or skillful.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deadlyadjective

   capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound

2. Deadlyadjective

   aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies

3. Deadlyadjective

   subject to death; mortal

4. Deadlyadverb

   in a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death

5. Deadlyadverb

   in a manner to occasion death; mortally

6. Deadlyadverb

   in an implacable manner; destructively

7. Deadlyadverb

   extremely

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1. Deadly

   Deadly! is a series of children's books written by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings first published in 2000.

How to pronounce Deadly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Deadly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deadly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deadly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Deadly in a Sentence

1. Andrew Zimmern:

   I haven't come across a problem that is as deadly and as crisis-filled as the global and national hunger crisis that we are currently enduring, i'm staggered by this … To me, it is the biggest head-scratcher of head-scratchers.

2. Richard Webby:

   We're struggling a little bit by the perception that flu is not really a deadly disease, which of course we know it is, perhaps the healthy adults are at a fairly small risk of getting a very very severe flu infection, but if they do get infected, they're potentially still infecting others. And how many people in that age group have young kids or have elderly parents ?

3. Eric Bland:

   Tiller just comes in hot, he put himself in harm's way so he could use deadly force.

4. Andrew Cuomo:

   The goal of this law is simple : to prevent cigarettes and vaping products from getting into the hands of our youth, creating an addiction to a deadly habit, we are taking aggressive action to make sure the decades of progress we've made to combat tobacco addiction is not undone by a sharp rise in e-cigarette use among younger New Yorkers.

5. Ina Park:

   If you see it and you do nothing about it, it just goes away. And then you get the rash. And then if you ignore the rash, it also goes away, they just disappear and then you can just talk yourself out of the fact that you have this potentially deadly disease.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Deadly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deadly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Deadly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deadly
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Deadly