deadly
English
/ˈdɛd.li/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Subject to death; mortal.
- Causing death; lethal.
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
- Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- (informal) Very boring.
- (informal) Excellent, awesome, cool.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dedly inherited from Old English dēadlīċ suffix from English dead inherited from Middle English dedliche inherited from Old English dēadlīċe.
Origin
Old English
dēadlīċe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Deadhead English
- brain-dead English
- braindead English
- dead English
- dead ice English
- dead-handed English
- dead-hearted English
- dead-naming English
- deadass English
- deadbolt English
- deadborn English
- deadcart English
- deaden English
- deadend English
- deader English
- deadeye English
- deadfall English
- deadhanded English
- deadhead English
- deadhearted English
- deadhouse English
- deadish English
- deadland English
- deadlatch English
- deadleg English
- deadlift English
- deadlight English
- deadlihood English
- deadlike English
- deadliness English
- deadlock English
- deadman English
- deadname English
- deadness English
- deadnettle English
- deadpan English
- deadrise English
- deadstart English
- deadstick English
- deadstock English
- deadtime English
- deadwood English
- deadwork English
- deadworks English
- fail English
- fail-deadly English
- halfdead English
- netdead English
- nondead English
- nondeadly English
- pre-dead English
- stone dead English
- undead English
- Tod German
- tödlich German
- amore Italian
- dodelijk Dutch, Flemish
- dood Dutch, Flemish
- dead French
- deader French
- deadlicnes Old English
- dēadlīċ Old English
- dēadlīċe Old English
- undeadlic Old English
- ded Middle English
- dedliche Middle English
- dedlinesse Middle English
- dedly Middle English
- เด๊ดสะมอเร่ Thai
- deds Tagalog
- dead Volapük
- dede Sranan Tongo
- dead
- fail
- deader
- deaden
- undead
- deadleg
- deadpan
- deadish
- nondead
- deadeye
- deadman
- deadass
- deadend
- netdead
- deadrise
- halfdead
- deadness
- deadlock
- deadname
- dead ice
- deadwood
- deadwork
- deadfall
- deadborn
- deadcart
- deadhead
- deadbolt
- deadlift
- deadlike
- deadland
- deadtime
- Deadhead
- pre-dead
- braindead
- deadlight
- deadworks
- deadhouse
- deadstart
- deadstock
- deadlatch
- deadstick
- nondeadly
- deadliness
- stone dead
- deadlihood
- brain-dead
- deadhanded
- deadnettle
- dead-naming
- deadhearted
- dead-handed
- fail-deadly
- dead-hearted