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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 wound
.
2.
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious;
as,
deadly
enemies
.
Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and
deadly
.
Shakespeare
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.”
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.
ded'ly.