deadly: Meaning and Definition of

dead•ly

1. causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
2. aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy.
3. like death: a deadly pallor.
4. excruciatingly boring: The dinner party was absolutely deadly.
5. excessive; inordinate: deadly haste.
6. extremely accurate: Annie Oakley was a deadly shot.

1. in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale.
2. excessively; completely: deadly dull.