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dead·ly D0053600 (dĕd′lē)adj. dead·li·er, dead·li·est 1. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly weapons; a deadly spill of radioactive waste products. See Synonyms at fatal.2. Suggestive of death: a deadly pallor.3. Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable: deadly enemies.4. a. Destructive in effect: gave the film a deadly review.b. Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force: the deadly habit of procrastination.5. Absolute; utter: deadly concentration.6. Extreme or terrible: worked under deadly strain.7. Extremely accurate; unerring: She is a deadly shot with the bow.8. Dull, tedious, and boring: a deadly prose style.adv.1. So as to suggest death.2. To an extreme: deadly serious.
dead′li·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | deadliness - the quality of being deadlylethalityunwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity - the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for youfatality - the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters |
deadlinessnounThe quality or condition of causing death:fatality, lethality.TranslationsIdiomsSeedeadlyDeadlinessenUK
DeadlinessanacondaSouth American boa constrictor; longest and deadliest of its kind. [Zoology: NCE, 317]basiliskmonstrous reptile; has fatal breath and glance. [Gk. Folklore: Jobes, 184]black widow spiderpoisonous spider; consumes her mate after mating. [Zoology: NCE, 308]boa constrictorlargest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317]cobrabite believed to mean certain death. [Folklore: Jobes, 352]copperheaddeadly pit viper in eastern U.S. [Zoology: NCE, 652]coral snakeits bite is deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 654]Gila monstersmall but venomous lizard found in U.S. desert. [Zoology: NCE, 1084]Humbabaone-eyed, fire- and plague-breathing monster whose eye could strike men dead. [Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh; Benét, 485]Hydra’s galldeadly; Hercules dipped his arrows in it. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149]piranhaSouth American carnivorous fish. [Zoology: EB, VIII: 1]Portuguese man-of-wara long tentacled jellyfish whose sting can be deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 1408]pythonnonvenomous jungle snake crushes its victims. [Zoology: NCE, 2252]rattlesnakevenomous snake, often deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 2281]sharklarge and ferocious fish, sometimes man-eating. [Zoology: NCE, 2493]tarantulaspider with a deadly venom. [Zoology: NCE, 2695]upasAsian and East Indian tree juice, extremely poisonous. [Eur. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 926]viper(or adder) poisonous snake family; puff adder is deadliest of all. [Zoology: NCE, 2898]water moccasin(also cottonmouth) highly poisonous snake found in southern U.S. [Zoology: NCE, 2490]deadlinessenUK
Synonyms for deadlinessnoun the quality or condition of causing deathSynonymsSynonyms for deadlinessnoun the quality of being deadlySynonymsRelated Words- unwholesomeness
- morbidness
- morbidity
- fatality
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