Definitions for deadly
ˈdɛd lidead·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. deadly, deathly, mortal(adj)

   causing or capable of causing death

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

2. deadly, lethal(adj)

   of an instrument of certain death

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

3. deadly, venomous, virulent(adj)

   extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

   "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

4. deadly, mortal(a)(adj)

   involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

   "the seven deadly sins"

5. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent(adj)

   exceedingly harmful

6. deadly(adverb)

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

7. deadly, lifelessly(adverb)

   as if dead

8. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly(adverb)

   (used as intensives) extremely

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. deadly(Adverb)

   Fatally, mortally.

2. deadly(Adverb)

   In a way which suggests death.

   Her face suddenly became deadly white.

3. deadly(Adverb)

   Extremely.

4. deadly(Adjective)

   Subject to death; mortal.

5. deadly(Adjective)

   Causing death; lethal.

6. deadly(Adjective)

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

7. deadly(Adjective)

   very boring

8. deadly(Adjective)

   excellent, awesome, cool

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Deadly(adj)

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

2. Deadly(adj)

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

3. Deadly(adj)

   subject to death; mortal

4. Deadly(adverb)

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

5. Deadly(adverb)

   in a manner to occasion death; mortally

6. Deadly(adverb)

   in an implacable manner; destructively

7. Deadly(adverb)

   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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Temo Waqanivalu:

   It's a deadly epidemic.

2. Juvenal:

   Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

3. David Cicilline:

   We have to take this in a deadly serious way.

4. Pedro Rios:

   Border walls push people towards deadly crossing areas.

5. Rudyard Kipling:

   The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

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