Definition of deadly Deadly
/dɛˈdli/ - [dedlee] - dead•ly
We found 27 definitions of deadly from 5 different sources.
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What does deadly mean?
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Adjectivedeadly, deadlier, deadliest |
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| deadly - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" | ||
| venomous, virulent | ||
| toxic of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" | ||
| deadly - of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" | ||
| lethal | ||
| fatal controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" | ||
| deadly - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" | ||
| deathly, mortal | ||
| fatal controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" | ||
| deadly - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" | ||
| mortal | ||
| unpardonable not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior" | ||
| theology, divinity the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford" | ||
| deadly - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | ||
| virulent infectious; having the ability to cause disease | ||
| deadly - exceedingly harmful | ||
| baneful, pernicious, pestilent | ||
| noxious injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" | ||
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| deadly - as if dead | ||
| lifelessly | ||
| deadly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" | ||
| madly, insanely, deucedly, devilishly | ||
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Wiktionary 
- deadly (Adverb)
Fatally, mortally. - deadly (Adverb)
In a way which suggests death. - deadly (Adverb)
Extremely. - deadly (Adjective)
Subject to death; mortal. - deadly (Adjective)
Causing death; lethal. - deadly (Adjective)
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile. - deadly (Adjective)
Very accurate of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.. - deadly (Adjective)
Very boring. - deadly (Adjective)
Excellent, awesome, cool.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deadly (a.)
Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound. - deadly (a.)
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. - deadly (a.)
Subject to death; mortal. - deadly (adv.)
In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. - deadly (adv.)
In a manner to occasion death; mortally. - deadly (adv.)
In an implacable manner; destructively. - deadly (adv.)
Extremely.
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deadly
Causing death or having the ability to cause death. -
deadly
Exceedingly harmful.
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