deadly
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[edit] Etymology
Old English dēadlīċ (adj.), dēadlīċe (adv.), corresponding to dead + -ly.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
deadly (comparative deadlier or more deadly, superlative deadliest or most deadly)
- (obsolete) Subject to death; mortal.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
- And than he began to tremble ryght harde whan the dedly fleysh began to beholde the spirituall thynges.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
- Causing death; lethal.
- (by extension) very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.)
- (informal) very boring
- (informal) excellent, awesome, cool
[edit] Translations
lethal
very boring
excellent, awesome, cool
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Adverb
deadly (comparative more deadly, superlative most deadly)
- (obsolete) Fatally, mortally.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 16:
- perceiving himselfe deadly wounded by a shot received in his body, being by his men perswaded to come off and retire himselfe from out the throng, answered, he would not now so neere his end, begin to turn his face from his enemie
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 16:
- In a way which suggests death.
- Her face suddenly became deadly white.
- Extremely.
- deadly weary — Orrery.
- so deadly cunning a man — Arbuthnot.
[edit] Translations
Fatally, mortally
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In a way which suggests death
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