Deadly - Definition
deadly
adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly]
2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love";
"deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely
jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly,
devilishly]
adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident";
"a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
[syn: deadly, deathly, mortal]
2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal
weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal]
3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous
snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous,
virulent]
4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven
deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)]
5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious,
pestilent]
6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect