deadly · adjective
Meanings and examples
Able or likely to cause death.
The story follows a doctor trying to stop a deadly disease in an isolated village.
A small warning sign explained that the plant's bright berries could be deadly.
The investigators wanted to understand how a routine journey had ended in a deadly crash.
The rescue workers searched the damaged houses after the deadly storm had passed through the town.
Forms
- deadlier comparative
- deadliest superlative