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May 25, 2012
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Synonyms for deadly

Adjective

1. deadly, deathly, mortal, fatal (vs. nonfatal)
usage: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
2. deadly, lethal, fatal (vs. nonfatal)
usage: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
3. deadly, venomous, virulent, toxic (vs. nontoxic)
usage: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
4. deadly, mortal(prenominal), unpardonable (vs. pardonable)
usage: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
5. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent, noxious (vs. innocuous), harmful
usage: exceedingly harmful
6. deadly, virulent (vs. avirulent)
usage: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

Adverb

1. deadly, lifelessly,dead (vs. live)
usage: as if dead
2. deadly
usage: as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralytic stroke"
3. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly
usage: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
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