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deadliness|ˈdɛdlɪnɪs|
[f. deadly a. + -ness.]
†1. The condition of being subject to death (see deadly a. 1); mortality. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 382 We beoren in ure bodie Iesu Cristes deadlicnesse. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxxiii. 2 My hert..and my fleyss..þof þai be brisel & heuy in dedlynes. 1434Misyn Mending of Life 123 Þe fettyr of dedelynes. c1440Promp. Parv. 115 Dedelynesse, mortalitas.
2. a. The quality of being deadly or fatal.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 518 Smyten with a sore wounde of eendeles dedelynesse. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 598/2 Y⊇ deadlynesse of the sinne. 1612–5Bp. Hall Contempl. iv. (T.), The deadliness of Lazarus his sickness. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola iii. xii, That sharp edge might give deadliness to the thrust. 1870Rogers Hist. Gleanings Ser. ii. 13 A new disease of astonishing deadliness.
b. Dead accuracy. Cf. deadly a. 8 b.
1905Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 6/4 A lack of deadliness in approaching. |