deadly

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.

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dead′li·ness n.

deadly

(ˈdɛdlɪ) adj, -lier or -liest1. likely to cause death: deadly poison; deadly combat. 2. informal extremely boringadv, adjlike death in appearance or certainty: deadly pale; a deadly sleep. ˈdeadliness n

dead•ly

(ˈdɛd li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est,
adv. adj. 1. causing or tending to cause death; lethal. 2. aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy. 3. like death. 4. excruciatingly boring. 5. excessive; inordinate: deadly haste. 6. extremely accurate: a deadly shot. adv. 7. in a manner suggesting death: deadly pale. 8. completely: deadly dull. [before 900] dead′li•ness, n. syn: See fatal.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	deadly - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"deathly, mortalfatal - bringing death
	2.	deadly - of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"lethalfatal - bringing death
	3.	deadly - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"venomous, virulenttoxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	4.	deadly - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"mortaltheology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truthunpardonable - not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior"
	5.	deadly - exceedingly harmful baneful, pernicious, pestilentnoxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
	6.	deadly - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effectvirulent - infectious; having the ability to cause disease
Adv.	1.	deadly - as if deadlifelessly
	2.	deadly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"deucedly, insanely, madly, devilishlyintensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

deadly

adjective1. lethal, fatal, deathly, dangerous, devastating, destructive, mortal, murderous, poisonous, malignant, virulent, pernicious, noxious, venomous, baleful, death-dealing, baneful a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins2. hard, fierce, harsh, cruel, savage, brutal, grim, stern, ruthless, ferocious, unrelenting, merciless, implacable, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, unmerciful, unpitying She levelled a deadly look at him.3. (Informal) boring, dull, tedious, flat, monotonous, uninteresting, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), wearisome, as dry as dust She found the party deadly.4. arch (usually used of enemies or rivals) savage, mortal, hardline, uncompromising, inflexible, inexorable, implacable, irreconcilable, intransigent, unappeasable The two became deadly enemies.5. accurate, sure, true, effective, exact, reliable, precise, on target, infallible, unerring, unfailing the fastest and most deadly bowlers in the world today6. deathly, white, pale, ghostly, ghastly, wan, pasty, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, ashy, deathlike, wheyfaced The deadly pallor of her skin.7. complete, total, perfect, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, consummate, dyed-in-the-wool, thoroughgoing, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) He talked about his job with deadly earnestness.adverb1. completely, quite, totally, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, altogether, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, every inch, a hundred per cent, one hundred per cent The threat was deadly serious.

deadly

adjective1. Causing or tending to cause death:deathly, fatal, lethal, mortal, vital.2. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death:cadaverous, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral.3. Extremely destructive or harmful:baneful, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, virulent.

Translations

呆板的枯燥的致命的致死的非常

dead

(ded) adjective1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers. 死去的，無生命的 死去的，无生命的 2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead. 故障的(電話)，熄火的(發動機) 不通话的（电话），熄火的（发动机） 3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop. 無動靜的 无动静的 adverb completely. dead drunk. 完全地 完全地ˈdeaden verb to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain. 使緩和 使缓和ˈdeadly adjective1. causing death. a deadly poison. 殊死的 致死的，致命的 2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious). 非常 非常3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is. 枯燥沉悶的，呆板的 枯燥的，呆板的 adverb extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious. 非常 非常dead end a road closed off at one end. (街道等)閉塞不通的一頭 （街道等）闭塞不通的一头 ˈdead-end adjective leading nowhere. a dead-end job. (喻)沒出路的 （喻）没出路的 dead heat a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. 勝負不分的賽跑，不分勝負的情況 胜负不分的赛跑dead language a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. 無人說的語言(如拉丁語) 无人说的语言（如拉丁语） ˈdeadline noun a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay. 最後期限 最后期限ˈdeadlock noun a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock. 僵局 僵局

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to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job.