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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. causing or capable of causing death;
- Example: "a fatal accident"
- Example: "a deadly enemy"
- Example: "mortal combat"
- Example: "a mortal illness"
[syn: deadly, deathly, mortal]

2. of an instrument of certain death;
- Example: "deadly poisons"
- Example: "lethal weapon"
- Example: "a lethal injection"
[syn: deadly, lethal]

3. extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom;
- Example: "venomous snakes"
- Example: "a virulent insect bite"
[syn: deadly, venomous, virulent]

4. involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death;
- Example: "the seven deadly sins"
[syn: deadly, mortal(a)]

5. exceedingly harmful;
[syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent]

6. (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect;


ADVERB (2)

1. as if dead;
[syn: deadly, lifelessly]

2. (used as intensives) extremely;
- Example: "she was madly in love"
- Example: "deadly dull"
- Example: "deadly earnest"
- Example: "deucedly clever"
- Example: "insanely jealous"
[syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deadly \dead"ly\, a.
   1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive;
      certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or
      wound.
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   2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately
      hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
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            Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.]
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            The image of a deadly man.            --Wyclif (Rom.
                                                  i. 23).
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   Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna.
      See under Nightshade.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deadly \dead"ly\, adv.
   1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death;
      deathly. "Deadly pale." --Shak.
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   2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
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            The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx.
                                                  24.
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   3. In an implacable manner; destructively.
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   4. Extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." --Orrery. "So deadly
      cunning a man." --Arbuthnot.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deadly
    adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly]
    2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love";
       "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely
       jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly,
       devilishly]
    adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident";
           "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
           [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal]
    2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal
       weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal]
    3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous
       snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous,
       virulent]
    4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven
       deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)]
    5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious,
       pestilent]
    6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect