deadly

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deadly Definition

• (r) as if dead
• (r) as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralytic stroke"
• (r) (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
• (s) causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
• (s) of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
• (s) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
• (s) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
• (s) exceedingly harmful
• (s) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

deadly Synonyms

• baneful
• deadly
• deathly
• deucedly
• devilishly
• insanely
• lethal
• lifelessly
• madly
• mortal
• mortal(a)
• pernicious
• pestilent
• venomous
• virulent