2 entries under this word

Deadly

Dēad'ly, a.

adjective

(dēd'lē), 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. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak. 3. Exposed to death; mortal. [Obs.] “The image of a deadly man.” Wycliffe, Rom. i. 23.

Dead'ly, adv.

adverb

(dĕd'lĭ), adv. 1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. “Deadly pale.” Shak.

In a manner to occasion death; mortally. “The groanings of a deadly wounded man.” Ezek. xxx. 24.
In an implacable manner; destructively.
In an extreme manner; very; outrageously. [Low.] “Deadly weary.” Orrery. “So deadly cunning a man.” Arbuthnot.