deadly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deadly/ˈdedli/
▶adjective (deadlier, deadliest)
- 1 causing or able to cause death.
■ filled with hate.
- 2 extremely accurate or effective.
- 3 informal extremely boring.
- 4 complete: she was in deadly earnest.
- 1 in a way that resembles or suggests death.
- 2 extremely.
– derivatives
deadliness noun.
deadliness noun.
'deadly' also found in these Oxford entries:
atropine
- belladonna
- cardinal sin
- deadly nightshade
- deadly sin
- death cap
- destroying angel
- duel
- dwale
- nightshade
- peremptory
- pestilent
- seven
- tiger snake
