Definition for DEAD'LY

DEAD'LY, adv. [ded'ly.]

  1. In a manner resembling death; as, deadly pale or wan. – Shak.
  2. Mortally. With groanings of a deadly wounded man. – Ezek. xxx.
  3. Implacably; destructively.
  4. In a vulgar or ludicrous sense, very; extremely; as, a deadly cunning man. – Arbuthnot.

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