deadly
deadly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.
- 2.Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] The image of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade.
- 3.In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. "Deadly pale." Shak.
- 4.In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx.
- 5.3. In an implacable manner; destructively.
- 6.Extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man." Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- azotic
- blanket
- book
- boring
- catching
- caught
- cold
- commonplace
- contagion
- contagious
- conte
- damp
- dearth
- death
- deleterious
- depress
- ditch
- dry
- dull
- dullness
- dust
- ear
- epidemic
- epizootic
- fact
- fall
- flat
- flatness
- heaviness
- heavy
- humdrum
- importance
- indigestible
- infectious
- infestivity
- innutritious
- insalubrious
- insalubrity
- insipid
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is deadly.
- What is aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak called?
- What is subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] The image of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade called?
- What is in a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. "Deadly pale." Shak called?
- What is in a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx called?
- What is 3. In an implacable manner; destructively called?
- What is extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man." Arbuthnot called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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