deadly
Causing death; lethal.
Other meanings
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
“deadly enemies”
Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
Related words
- deadlihood
- deadlily
- nondeadly
- undeadly
- deadliness
- Deadly Never-Green
- silent but deadly
- deadly sin
- deadly amanita
- deadly carrot
- deadly diamond of death
- deadly embrace
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "dēadlīċ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “deadly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.