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dead·ly

(dĕd′lē)

adj. dead·li·er, dead·li·est

1. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly weapons; a deadly spill of radioactive waste products. See Synonyms at fatal.

2. Suggestive of death: a deadly pallor.

3. Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable: deadly enemies.

a. Destructive in effect: gave the film a deadly review.

b. Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force: the deadly habit of procrastination.

5. Absolute; utter: deadly concentration.

6. Extreme or terrible: worked under deadly strain.

7. Extremely accurate; unerring: She is a deadly shot with the bow.

8. Dull, tedious, and boring: a deadly prose style.

adv.

1. So as to suggest death.

2. To an extreme: deadly serious.

dead′li·ness n.

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deadly

(ˈdɛdlɪ)

adj, -lier or -liest

1. likely to cause death: deadly poison; deadly combat.

2. informal extremely boring

adv, adj

like death in appearance or certainty: deadly pale; a deadly sleep.

ˈdeadliness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dead•ly

(ˈdɛd li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est,
adv. adj.

1. causing or tending to cause death; lethal.

2. aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy.

3. like death.

4. excruciatingly boring.

5. excessive; inordinate: deadly haste.

6. extremely accurate: a deadly shot.

adv.

7. in a manner suggesting death: deadly pale.

8. completely: deadly dull.

[before 900]

dead′li•ness, n.

syn: See fatal.

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Adj.	1.	deadly - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" deathly, mortal fatal - bringing death
	2.	deadly - of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" lethal fatal - bringing death
	3.	deadly - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" venomous, virulent toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	4.	deadly - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" mortal theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth unpardonable - not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior"
	5.	deadly - exceedingly harmful baneful, pernicious, pestilent noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
	6.	deadly - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect virulent - infectious; having the ability to cause disease
Adv.	1.	deadly - as if dead lifelessly
	2.	deadly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" deucedly, insanely, madly, devilishly intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

deadly

adjective

1. lethal, fatal, deathly, dangerous, devastating, destructive, mortal, murderous, poisonous, malignant, virulent, pernicious, noxious, venomous, baleful, death-dealing, baneful a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins

2. hard, fierce, harsh, cruel, savage, brutal, grim, stern, ruthless, ferocious, unrelenting, merciless, implacable, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, unmerciful, unpitying She levelled a deadly look at him.

3. (Informal) boring, dull, tedious, flat, monotonous, uninteresting, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), wearisome, as dry as dust She found the party deadly.

4. arch (usually used of enemies or rivals) savage, mortal, hardline, uncompromising, inflexible, inexorable, implacable, irreconcilable, intransigent, unappeasable The two became deadly enemies.

5. accurate, sure, true, effective, exact, reliable, precise, on target, infallible, unerring, unfailing the fastest and most deadly bowlers in the world today

6. deathly, white, pale, ghostly, ghastly, wan, pasty, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, ashy, deathlike, wheyfaced The deadly pallor of her skin.

7. complete, total, perfect, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, consummate, dyed-in-the-wool, thoroughgoing, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) He talked about his job with deadly earnestness.

adverb

1. completely, quite, totally, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, altogether, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, every inch, a hundred per cent, one hundred per cent The threat was deadly serious.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

deadly

adjective

1. Causing or tending to cause death:

deathly, fatal, lethal, mortal, vital.

2. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death:

cadaverous, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral.

3. Extremely destructive or harmful:

baneful, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, virulent.

Translations

جِداعَظيممُمِل، قاتِلمُميت، قَتّال

hroznýnaprostýnudnýsmrtelnýstrašně

død-dødeligdræbendekedeligsmadder

letal sterbenslangweilig tödlich

absoluto aburridísimo completamente mortal mortífero

mortel mortellement assommant

halálosan

ákaflegaákafur, mikill, algerlegabanvænndrepleiîinlegur

micidiale mortale mortifero

dødbringende dødelig døds-dødsens gørrkjedelig

smrtensmrtonosen

çok çokiç bayıltıcıöldürücüölümcül sıkıcı

呆板的枯燥的致命的致死的非常

deadly

[ˈdedlɪ]

A. ADJ (deadlier (compar) (deadliest (superl)))

1. (= lethal) [poison, disease, combination] → mortal; [weapon, attack] → mortífero
he has a deadly aim with a rifle → tiene una puntería infalible con el rifle
to use deadly force (against sb) (Police, Mil) → abrir fuego (contra algn)

2. (= devastating)
with deadly accuracy (Sport etc) → con precisión mortífera (Mil etc) → con precisión letal or mortal
he was in deadly earnest → iba muy en serio
to be deadly enemies → ser enemigos mortales, ser enemigos a muerte
she argued with deadly logic → argumentaba con una lógica aplastante
she levelled a deadly look at Nick → le lanzó una mirada asesina a Nick
there was deadly silence → se hizo un silencio sepulcral
see also seven A

3. (= very boring) → aburridísimo

B. ADV
it was deadly cold → hacía un frío de muerte
the trip was deadly dull → el viaje fue un aburrimiento de muerte, el viaje fue aburridísimo
she was deadly pale → estaba pálida como un cadáver, tenía una palidez cadavérica (liter)
she thought he was joking but he was deadly serious → ella pensaba que bromeaba, pero lo decía completamente en serio

C. CPD deadly nightshade N → belladona f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deadly

[ˈdɛdli]

adj

[disease, dose] → mortel(le)

[weapon] → meurtrier/ière

(= relentless) → implacable

[look]
She levelled a deadly look at him → Elle le tua du regard.

adv
deadly dull → ennuyeux/euse à mourir, mortellement ennuyeux/euse
deadly serious → on ne peut plus sérieux/euse
to be deadly serious about sth → être on ne peut plus sérieux/euse à propos de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deadly

adj (+er)

(= lethal) poison, weapon, disease, attack, force → tödlich; to be deadly to somebody → tödliche Folgen für jdn haben; a deadly combination of … → eine tödliche Mischung von …; assault with a deadly weapon (Jur) → Körperverletzung f → mit einer gefährlichen Waffe; to play a deadly game → ein tödliches Spiel spielen

(= devastating) logic, look → vernichtend; (= unerring) accuracy → tödlich; bowler, striker → treffsicher

(inf: = boring) → todlangweilig (inf)

(= complete) silence, enemies, rivals → tödlich; to be in deadly earnest → es todernst meinen; their deadly enemy → ihr Todfeind m; that made the competition even deadlier → dadurch wurde die Konkurrenz noch mörderischer; the (seven) deadly sins (Bibl) → die (sieben) Todsünden pl

adv (= extremely) deadly dull → todlangweilig (inf); he was deadly serious → er meinte es todernst; deadly cold → eisig kalt; deadly pale → totenbleich; deadly poisonous → tödlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

deadly

[ˈdɛdlɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → mortale; (weapon, poison, aim) → micidiale; (disease) → letale
they are deadly enemies → sono nemici mortali
the seven deadly sins → i sette peccati capitali
he is in deadly earnest → fa (or parla) sul serio, non scherza
this book is deadly (fam) (very boring) → questo libro è un mattone

2. adv deadly dull → di una noia mortale
deadly pale → pallido/a come un cadavere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dead

(ded) adjective

1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.

2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead.

3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.

adverb

completely. dead drunk.

ˈdeaden verb

to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain.

ˈdeadly adjective

1. causing death. a deadly poison.

2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).

3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is.

adverb

extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious.

dead end

a road closed off at one end.

ˈdead-end adjective

leading nowhere. a dead-end job.

dead heat

a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together.

dead language

a language no longer spoken, eg Latin.

ˈdeadline noun

a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay.

ˈdeadlock noun

a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.

to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job.

deadly

a. mortífero-a; mortal, que puede causar la muerte;

___ poison → veneno ___;

___ wound → herida ___.

deadly

adj mortal

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What deadly voids and unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.

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Strange, that I, who have handled so many deadly lances, strange, that I should shake so now.

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It had never been given me to see such deadly accuracy of aim, and it seemed as though a little figure on one of the craft dropped at the explosion of each bullet, while the banners and upper works dissolved in spurts of flame as the irresistible projectiles of our warriors mowed through them.

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"Because there is a deadly desert all around that fairy country, which no one is able to cross.

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A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict.

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Neither is the composition of the Black Smoke known, which the Martians used with such deadly effect, and the generator of the Heat-Rays remains a puzzle.

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Oh, the wretched hours I have endured -- the torture to which I have submitted when I saw the deadly poison poured into your glass, and how I trembled lest you should drink it before I could find time to throw it away!"

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Gore then, without consultation or deliberation with any one, not even giving Demby an additional call, raised his musket to his face, taking deadly aim at his standing victim, and in an instant poor Demby was no more.

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The deadly enemies of the Shaways were the Sioux, who, after a long course of warfare, proved too powerful for them, and drove them across the Missouri.

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"Run fast," said the Scarecrow to the Lion, "and get out of this deadly flower bed as soon as you can.

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All things outside his own tribe were his deadly enemies, with the few exceptions of which Tantor, the elephant, was a marked example.