deadly
IPA: dˈɛdɫi
adjective
- (obsolete, rare) Subject to death; mortal.
- Causing death; lethal.
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
- Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- (informal) Very boring.
- (informal, Australian Aboriginal, Ireland, Newfoundland) Excellent, awesome, cool.
adverb
- (obsolete) Fatally, mortally.
- In a way which suggests death.
- Extremely, incredibly.
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Examples of "deadly" in Sentences
- The bug's venom is 10 times more deadly.
- The gestation period is short and deadly.
- He is one of the seven deadly aspects of The Voice.
- Impassible mountains make deadly traps for the unwary.
- All of the Deadly Sins are notable in their selfishness.
- The officers specifically avoided the use of deadly force.
- Deadly force may never be used in the recovery of chattels.
- Eleven of the cases were the deadly inhalation type of anthrax.
- An angel points to the plague spot, the attribute of the deadly disease.
- Unfortunately, due the nature of the villages, the rivalry is deadly and fatal.
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