deadlyadjective
uk/ˈded.li/us/ˈded.li/deadly adjective (VERY DANGEROUS)
B2 likely to cause death:
a deadly virus
a deadly weapon
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- Police found traces of the deadly biological agent Anthrax.
- Doctors fear possible epidemics of cholera, malaria and other deadly diseases.
- These missiles are capable of swatting enemy planes with deadly accuracy.
- He is accused of helping to carry out a deadly bomb attack on a fashionable Paris restaurant.
- The chemical attack was a deadly combination of nerve gases.
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- mercy killing
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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deadly adjective (COMPLETE)
complete or extreme:
They have been deadly enemies ever since Mark stole Greg's girlfriend.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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deadly adjective (BORING)
informal extremely boring:
The party was deadly.
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- colourless
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- stolid
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
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deadlyadverb
uk/ˈded.li/us/ˈded.li/C1 completely or extremely:
I thought she was joking but she was deadly serious.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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