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dead·ly /ˈdɛdli/
(a.)致命的,致死的(ad.)非常地,如死一般地
dead·ly a.
1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. --Shak.
3. 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.
dead·ly, adv.
1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death; deathly. “Deadly pale.”
2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx. 24.
3. In an implacable manner; destructively.
4. Extremely. [Obs.] “Deadly weary.” --Orrery. “So deadly cunning a man.”
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deadly
adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a
deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
[syn: deathly, mortal]
2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal
weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: lethal]
3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous
snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: venomous, virulent]
4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the
seven deadly sins" [syn: mortal(a)]
5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, pernicious, pestilent]
6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
adv 1: as if dead [syn: lifelessly]
2: as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralytic
stroke"
3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love";
"deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever";
"insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deucedly,
devilishly]
[also: deadliest, deadlier]