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deadly (DED lee) (adjective)
1. Relating to something which causes or is able to cause death: Some of the people had a more deadly form of the disease that was spreading throughout the world.
2. Extremely accurate and effective: Bradford made a deadly aim with his bow and arrow.
3. Extreme or complete: A deadly silence followed Merle's question to the audience.
2. Extremely accurate and effective: Bradford made a deadly aim with his bow and arrow.
3. Extreme or complete: A deadly silence followed Merle's question to the audience.
deathly (DETH lee) (adjective)
1. Suggestive of the cessation of life: Gwen's face had a deathly pallor as the result of having thought she had seen a ghost.
2. In a way that is close to death or dying: Orville became deathly ill.
2. In a way that is close to death or dying: Orville became deathly ill.
Freda's face became deathly pale when she listened to the reports of the deadly effect of the avalanche on the mountain village.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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