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Definitions for Deadly

[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.
[7] in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale.
[8] excessively; completely: deadly dull.
[9] likely to cause death deadly poison ; deadly combat
[10] informal extremely boring
[11] like death in appearance or certainty deadly pale ; a deadly sleep

Words related to Deadly

savage, destructive, suicidal, murderous, pernicious, noxious, dangerous, poisonous, mortal, cruel, bloody, harmful, toxic, violent, malignant, virulent, lethal, fatal, carcinogenic, ghastly

Words nearby Deadly

deadfall, deadhead, deadlight, deadline, deadlock, deadly, deadly nightshade, deadly sins, deadman, deadpan, deadrise

Origin of Deadly

before 900; Middle English deedli(ch ), Old English dēadlīce. See dead, -ly

Words that may be confused with Deadly

deadly, deathly

Other words from Deadly

dead·li·ness , noun
non·dead·ly , adjective

Synonyms for Deadly

bloody, carcinogenic, cruel, dangerous, destructive, fatal, harmful, lethal, malignant, mortal, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, savage, suicidal, toxic, violent, virulent, baleful, baneful, bloodthirsty, cannibalistic, death-dealing, deathly, deleterious, destroying, grim, homicidal, injurious, internecine, killing, mortiferous, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, ruthless, slaying, unrelenting, venomous