Meaning & use
deadly
Capable of causing death, or extremely dangerous or harmful.
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The snake's venom is deadly enough to kill an adult within hours.
Texting while driving is a deadly habit that causes thousands of crashes each year.
A note on using this word
Deadly is also used informally as an intensifier meaning extremely, as in deadly serious or deadly boring.
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