transcription, транскрипция: [ dedli ]
( deadlier, deadliest)
1.
If something is deadly , it is likely or able to cause someone’s death, or has already caused someone’s death.
He was acquitted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
...a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins...
Passive smoking can be deadly too...
= lethal, fatal
ADJ
2.
If you describe a person or their behaviour as deadly , you mean that they will do or say anything to get what they want, without caring about other people.
The Duchess levelled a deadly look at Nikko.
ADJ [ disapproval ]
3.
You can use deadly to emphasize that something has a particular quality, especially an unpleasant or undesirable quality.
Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull...
= deathly
ADV : ADV adj [ emphasis ]
4.
A deadly situation has unpleasant or dangerous consequences.
...the deadly combination of low expectations and low achievement...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
5.
Deadly enemies or rivals fight or compete with each other in a very aggressive way.
The two became deadly enemies...
ADJ