deadly
adjective
- 1
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- 2
causing or capable of causing death
a fatal accident
a deadly enemy
- 3
of an instrument of certain death
deadly poisons
lethal weapon
- 4
exceedingly harmful
- 5
involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
the seven deadly sins
- 6
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
venomous snakes
a virulent insect bite
adverb
- 1
(used as intensives) extremely
she was madly in love
deadly dull
- 2
as if dead
Also useful for “deadly”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “deadly”