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Webster 1913 Edition
deadly
dead′ly
,Adj.
1.
Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death;
as, a
. deadly
blow or wound2.
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious;
as,
. deadly
enemiesThy assailant is quick, skillful, and
deadly
. Shakespeare
3.
Subject to death; mortal.
[Obs.]
The image of a
deadly
man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23).
dead′ly
,adv.
1.
In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death; deathly.
“Deadly pale.” Shak.
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.” Arbuthnot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deadly
DEAD'LY
,Adj.