What does deadly mean?
Definitions for deadly
ˈdɛd lidead·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word deadly.
Princeton's WordNet
deadly, deathly, mortaladjective
causing or capable of causing death
"a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
deadly, lethaladjective
of an instrument of certain death
"deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
deadly, venomous, virulentadjective
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
"venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
deadly, mortal(a)adjective
involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
"the seven deadly sins"
baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective
exceedingly harmful
deadlyadverb
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
deadly, lifelesslyadverb
as if dead
madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishlyadverb
(used as intensives) extremely
"she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
Wiktionary
deadlyadverb
Fatally, mortally.
deadlyadverb
In a way which suggests death.
Her face suddenly became deadly white.
deadlyadverb
Extremely.
deadlyadjective
Subject to death; mortal.
deadlyadjective
Causing death; lethal.
deadlyadjective
very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.)
deadlyadjective
very boring
deadlyadjective
excellent, awesome, cool
Etymology: deadlic (adj.), deadlice (adv.), corresponding to. Cognate with Dutch dodelijk, German tödlich.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Deadlyadjective
Etymology: from dead.
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.The Numidians, in number infinite, are deadly enemies unto the Turks. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.
Deadlyadverb
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.I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ez. xxx. 24.
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Deadlyadjective
capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound
Deadlyadjective
aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies
Deadlyadjective
subject to death; mortal
Deadlyadverb
in a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death
Deadlyadverb
in a manner to occasion death; mortally
Deadlyadverb
in an implacable manner; destructively
Deadlyadverb
extremely
Wikidata
Deadly
Deadly! is a series of children's books written by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings first published in 2000.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deadly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deadly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of deadly in a Sentence
It has nothing to do with freedom, it has to do with protecting yourself and your family from a potentially deadly disease that has killed already over 800,000 Americans, but also relinquishing your societal responsibility to be part of the solution, instead of part of the problem.
In an effort to implement their violent, radical ideology, the defendants studied some of the most deadly terrorist attacks in U.S. history, and used them as a blueprint for their own plans to kill American law enforcement and military personnel.
Injustice and corruption, poverty and pollution, disease and despair. They aren't contained by any borders, if we learned anything from the Covid-19 pandemic, from these last few years of sickness and sorrow, it's how one deadly virus can move through the world. How hunger and violence are woven together. How a war in Europe can ripple through stock markets and supermarkets. And here, how the loss of trees in your Amazon can take a piece of the future from all of us.
We first have to remove our foreign policy from the issue of party and factional fighting, the deadly poison for foreign policy is for foreign policy to become an issue of party and factional fighting.
Look at case law. The officer is well within his right to use deadly force.
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Translations for deadly
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- много скучен, смъртоносен, много точен, убийственBulgarian
- letal, mortífer, mortalCatalan, Valencian
- smrtonosný, smrtelný, smrtícíCzech
- tödlichGerman
- mortigaEsperanto
- mortal, letal, mortíferoSpanish
- tylsä, kuolettava, mahtava, kalman-, kuoleman-, tarkka, tappavaFinnish
- mortel, létal, fatalFrench
- mortífero, letal, mortalGalician
- קטלני, קטלניתHebrew
- घातकHindi
- mortaleItalian
- 致命的なJapanese
- mortiferumLatin
- nāvīgs, nāvējošs, nāvīgiLatvian
- dodelijkDutch
- mortal, letal, fatífero, fatal, mortíferoPortuguese
- mortal, fatalmente, ucigător, letalRomanian
- великолепный, смертельно, смертельныйRussian
- dödligSwedish
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