deadly: significado e definições

Causing or tending to cause death: deadly weapons; a deadly spill of radioactive waste products. See Synonyms at fatal.

Suggestive of death: a deadly pallor.

Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable: deadly enemies.

Destructive in effect: gave the film a deadly review.

Tending to take away vitality, effectiveness, or force: the deadly habit of procrastination.

Absolute; utter: deadly concentration.

Extreme or terrible: worked under deadly strain.

Extremely accurate; unerring: She is a deadly shot with the bow.

Dull, tedious, and boring: a deadly prose style.

So as to suggest death.

To an extreme: deadly serious.