deadly

About 6.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Subject to death; mortal.
2. adjective Causing death; lethal.
3. adjective Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.

   deadly enemies

4. adjective Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
5. adjective Very boring.
6. adjective Excellent, awesome, cool.
7. adverb Fatally, mortally.
8. adverb In a way which suggests death.

   Her face suddenly became deadly white.

Similar words

mortal lethal deathly pestilent harmful pernicious noxious devilishly deucedly madly

Often followed by

sins force weapon poison serious and sin to weapons

Word family

deadlier deadliest deadliness deadlinesses