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deadly(1)(dictionary)
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Deadly Force(law)

deadly(2) (iou)



deadly adverb. OE.
[from DEAD adjective + -LY2.]
In a way that causes death; mortally, fatally; Theology in a way entailing damnation. OE-E19.
Implacably, to the death. ME-M17.
In a manner resembling or suggesting death; as if dead. ME.
J. Conrad Being so deadly white..like a horrible..invalid.
Extremely, excessively. colloq. L16.
M. Keane A deadly dull display of barometers.
In a dead manner; like a dead thing. rare. L16.