Deadly

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Old English dēadlīc ‘mortal, in danger of death’ (see dead, -ly1).


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From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ(adjective); corresponding to dead +‎ -ly. Cognate with Dutch dodelijk, German tödlich.

The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe(adverb), from the adjective.


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deadly (adj.)

Old English deadlic "mortal, subject to death," also "causing death;" see dead + -ly (1). Meaning "having the capacity to kill" is from late 14c. (Old English words for this included deaðbærlic, deaðberende). Related: Deadliness.


Deadly means that which inflicts death; deathly, that which resembles death. We properly of a deadly poison, and of deathly paleness. [Adams Sherman Hill, "The Principles of Rhetoric," 1886]