/ˈded.li/
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Translation
Able to kill; so dangerous that it can end a life.
Word origin
From Old English deadlic, meaning mortal or causing death, built from dead plus the ending -lic.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- deadlic
- English cognates
- dead, death
Examples
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"Deadly" means the bite can kill.
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Something deadly is more than dangerous; it can end a life.
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The forms are deadly, deadlier, deadliest.
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