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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
deadly
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deadly poison
▪ The berries contain a deadly poison.
a deadly snake
▪ It is the most deadly snake in India.
a deadly/killer virus
▪ a killer virus which has already been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people
a lethal/deadly weapon (=one that can kill)
▪ A knife is a lethal weapon.
be in dead/deadly/complete earnest
▪ Although he smiled, Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest.
deadly dull (=very dull)
▪ The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull.
deadly enemies (=enemies who try to harm each other as much as possible)
▪ France and Germany, once deadly enemies, are now partners in the European Union.
deadly nightshade
fatal/deadly (=that causes death)
▪ If left untreated, the disease can be fatal.
▪ Thousands of children are struck down by this deadly disease every year.
the seven deadly sins (=seven bad feelings or desires, in the Christian religion, for example greed or too much pride)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Once again, the wisecracks fly as fast as the bullets - and are just as deadly.
▪ Yet the contest is as deadly as before, and often crueler.
▪ His enemies are not the fearsome ape Donkey Kong or King Bowser the dragon - though they can be as deadly.
▪ Though not as deadly as the sea wasp, this jellyfish can cause severe irritation if it stings a human.
▪ Skirting boards bloomed with sockets as deadly as they were dated.
As with most weapons, depleted uranium is not as deadly as its proponents-or its critics-claim.
▪ Global warming requires an ethical framework that classifies hitherto innocent actions as deadly.
more
▪ And looked quickly for something more deadly?
▪ Depleted uranium is used to make anti-tank shells more deadly, and tank armour less penetrable.
▪ Bacilli were far more deadly than bullets in the battle for imperial survival.
▪ Was what they had taken to be a problem of the stomach something more deadly?
▪ The War had unleashed new currents of dissent: darker, more deadly currents that would be hard to channel.
▪ Nothing could be more deadly than to be able to anticipate every move our partner will make.
most
▪ One of the most deadly of all these creatures is the elusive Cave Squig.
▪ For political systems, the last decade has been the most deadly in history.
▪ One of the most deadly animals in the world, the cobra, employs just such a device.
▪ The first, most deadly factor, is insecurity.
▪ He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck.
▪ Then there are those who will tell you that the winter storms sucking through the Magellan Straits are the most deadly.
potentially
▪ Read in studio Oxfam is trying to recall seven thousand potentially deadly necklaces on sale in its shops.
▪ Folic acid, a B vitamin, reduces heart-attack risks by lowering a potentially deadly blood chemical called homocysteine.
▪ In the wrong hands - maybe even my own - it is potentially deadly.
▪ These tips also help prevent heat exhaustion, only several cases of which advance to potentially deadly heat stroke at the Canyon.
so
So quiet for something so deadly.
▪ Had the makers of Junior Scientist included chemicals so deadly they might destroy a house?
▪ Some fish boast armour so deadly that the predator dies within minutes of biting the spines.
■ NOUN
disease
▪ The vaccine brings hope to 1,300 young children struck down by the Hib form of deadly disease every year.
▪ A prostate cancer patient, Milken continues to search for cures for the deadly disease, Reese said.
▪ In a small enterprise or department, management by inertia is a deadly disease.
▪ And he was the one who helped her make decisions about how to respond to the deadly disease.
▪ Recognizing that the epidemic was due to this deadly disease, he kept careful notes of every case.
▪ This is not a deadly disease, but does spoil established waterlilies.
enemy
▪ Mr Roberts and I are deadly enemies.
▪ They're deadly enemies, those two.
▪ The two rapidly became deadly enemies.
▪ Her tranquil life was threatened by the coming of a man whom she regarded as her deadly enemy.
force
▪ The kinds of attack perpetrated by women seldom use deadly force.
▪ He memorized the use of deadly force.
▪ He enters the system ingenuously contemplating the awesome responsibility that underlies lectures on the appropriate use of deadly force.
▪ Use deadly force to defend themselves or others from death or serious injury.
▪ Use deadly force if other measures would be reasonably effective.
▪ Police arrested Hale, because they believed the altercation with Tavai had not justified the use of deadly force.
game
▪ Smearing a good woman for partisan, political advantage can be a deadly game that can easily backfire.
▪ I began to wish it wasn't Martinho who was my partner in this deadly game of doubles.
▪ He could hardly believe a young boy of no more than ten or eleven could be playing such a deadly game.
▪ Then the alarm buzzed and they knew it was time to restart their deadly game.
nightshade
▪ We're not talking about children eating deadly nightshade.
poison
▪ Cadmium, a deadly poison, exceeded the safe limit by seven times; arsenic by 20 times.
▪ Warnings of blowfish, which contain deadly poisons in their livers, came to mind.
▪ Many of the exotic fruits may provide a wonderful meal for the traveller, but some contain a deadly poison.
▪ Castor oil comes from the bean but so does a powerful skin irritant, and a deadly poison called ricin.
▪ For good measure, some varieties contain the deadly poison tetrodotoxin.
sin
▪ He felt as if he had been led through the seven deadly sins one by one, with lust leading the way.
▪ I noticed with amusement that the tapestries hanging there illustrated the seven deadly sins.
▪ Anger, he saw, had not been lightly numbered among the deadly sins.
▪ Thinking about deadly sin led her to think again of Satan.
virus
▪ Ashe has known since 1988 that he had the deadly virus.
▪ For those who are not yet infected with this deadly virus, remaining uninfected is very important, and very possible.
▪ Together with other treatments -- in a so-called drug cocktail -- they can reduce levels of the deadly virus to near zero.
▪ He is the man carrying the deadly virus.
weapon
▪ The trebuchet; a twelfth-century example of this deadly weapon, capable of enormous destruction as a siege engine.
▪ Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a concealed weapon.
▪ My hands and feet are registered with the local constabulary as deadly weapons.
▪ He was booked into the Vista jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Hank can shoot with deadly precision.
▪ Hemlock is one of nature's oldest and most deadly poisons.
▪ His lectures are deadly.
▪ In the First World War pneumonia was as deadly as bullets and shells.
▪ Some mushrooms are edible while others, which look almost identical, contain deadly poisons.
▪ The woman's face had a deadly paleness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And he was the one who helped her make decisions about how to respond to the deadly disease.
▪ But deadly visions hang Like rain-clouds in the sound.
▪ By some lucky balance of nature, the Alpha rays, although deadly, can not penetrate matter readily.
▪ Folic acid, a B vitamin, reduces heart-attack risks by lowering a potentially deadly blood chemical called homocysteine.
▪ He enters the system ingenuously contemplating the awesome responsibility that underlies lectures on the appropriate use of deadly force.
▪ Large claymore-style mines were mounted on the surface for use against infantry, frequently with deadly effect.
II.adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
serious
▪ It sounds like a sick joke but they are deadly serious.
▪ His companion chuckled at the jest, but Gravelet, whose stage name was Blondin, was deadly serious.
▪ The primary indicator is Attempts to be deadly serious invariably result in unintended comedy.
▪ The noise level was high in both languages; all faces were deadly serious.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His companion chuckled at the jest, but Gravelet, whose stage name was Blondin, was deadly serious.
▪ It sounds like a sick joke but they are deadly serious.
▪ Most of them had to cross a creek swollen with winter rains, and deadly cold with winter ice and snow.
▪ The ad has been up around the country all spring, unanswered, and it has been deadly effective.
▪ The primary indicator is Attempts to be deadly serious invariably result in unintended comedy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
deadly

deadly \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.

deadly

deadly \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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
deadly

Old English deadlic "mortal, subject to death," also "causing death;" see dead + -ly (1). Meaning "having the capacity to kill" is from late 14c. (Old English words for this included deaðbærlic, deaðberende).

Wiktionary
deadly

a. (lb en obsolete) Subject to death; mortal. adv. 1 (context obsolete English) fatally, mortally. 2 In a way which suggests death. 3 Extremely.

WordNet
deadly
  1. adv. 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]

  4. [also: deadliest, deadlier]

deadly
  1. adj. 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

  7. [also: deadliest, deadlier]

Wikipedia
Deadly (AU TV series)

Deadly was an Australian children's television cartoon series which first screened on the Nine Network in 2006. It was produced by Yoram Gross Productions and financed by the Film Finance Corporation Australia.

The series is based on the Deadly novel series written by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings. The story follows the adventures of Sprocket and Amy, trying to escape and meddle with the plans of the Brats.

Deadly

Deadly may refer to:

  • Deadliness, the ability to cause death
  • Deadly (film), a 1991 Australian film
  • Deadly (novel series), a children's book series by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings
  • Deadly (AU TV series), an Australian children's television cartoon series
  • Deadly (UK TV series), a British wildlife documentary series
  • Karla (film), a 2006 American motion picture originally titled Deadly
  • Alan Dedicoat (born 1954), BBC announcer nicknamed "Deadly"
  • A modern colloquialism used by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to indicate 'cool, rockin, fantastic'. See the Deadly Awards.
Deadly (UK TV series)

Deadly... is a strand of British wildlife documentary programming aimed principally at children and young people, which is broadcast on CBBC on BBC One and Two and on the CBBC Channel. It is presented by Steve Backshall, with Naomi Wilkinson as co-host on Live 'n Deadly, and Barney Harwood as co-host on Natural Born Hunters. The strand began with a single series known as Deadly 60, and has subsequently expanded into a number of spin-offs, re-edits and follow-up versions.

Deadly (film)

Deadly is a 1991 Australian film directed by Esben Storm.

Storm first wrote the script in 1987. He wanted to tell the story of black deaths in custody and chose a thriller format to make the movie as accessible as possible.

The movie was shot on location in Wilcannia over seven weeks. It was the first of five features funded by the Film Finance Corporation's Film Trust Fund.

Usage examples of "deadly".

December 2003wrote another aardwolf reporting on the deadly conditions in Iraq, his political allegiances were quickly questioned by the White House, CIA officials later learned.

Not just with Aes Sedai, of course, but Accepted in banded dresses and scurrying novices in pure white, Warders moving with the deadly grace of leopards whether lean or bulky, servants who had followed Aes Sedai from the Tower, even a few children.

The rumble of heavy machinery, even the smell of meating men and animals, triggered mass assaults by the rampaging Africans, many of which bore deadly stings.

Soon the MiG filled the camera screen, the sleek, deadly aircraft jetting gouts of its own afterburner fire out the tailpipes.

There was the dead white shape of Mycelium masses, the grotesqueness of Agaricus, the deformity of Deadly Amanita and of Morel.

Only four of them kept moving after the airburst that sprayed them with deadly shrapnel.

All that was left of old Algiers tried to boast, in forced dumbness, of past glories, of every charm the beautiful, fierce city of pirates must have possessed before the French came to push it slowly but with deadly sureness back from the sea.

Mollusks hunted ammonites, boring through shells, poisoning prey animals, and firing deadly darts.

She had dreamed about him the night before, rolling, clanking away from her down a straight old macadam road, out in the country, fields and hills in metallic cloudlight toward the end of the day, aware of exactly how many hours and minutes to dark, how many foot-candles left in the sky, bringing behind him like ducklings a line of lamps, generators, and beam projectors each on its little trailer rig, heading for his next job, the next carnival or auto lot, still wanting nothing but the deadly amps transmogrified to light, the great white-hot death-cold spill and flood and thrust, wherever he had to go, on whatever terms he had to take, to get to keep doing it.

Alvaro of the Falcon was accounted the deadliest blade among the Isles - and Amra, gray with years, was an unknown adversary.

One of the most deadly sins of men has been cruelty, cruelty to animals, to children, to women, to men.

Aegis missiles to pepper this guy with deadly expanding-rod antiair missiles.

Others, confident of their ability to move through the night, but not really knowing how the Rebels secured their camps, walked into Claymore-mined areas and were mangled by the deadly antipersonnel mines.

Augustine was telling them, from a fish point of view, of the deadly danger that lay concealed beneath the appetising wriggles of the agonised worm.

If Sir Robert Appleton is not moved by this to look into matters in person, that ghost you told him of will make another deadly appearance.