DEADLINESS, DEADLY
ADJECTIVES
► BALE actively deadly, evil, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting → a1000 obs.
► CAPITAL deadly, mortal; said of an enemy → 1375 obs.
► DEATHFUL deadly, destructive, fatal, mortal; full of death; fraught with death → a1240
► DEATHLIKE deadly, fatal, mortal → 1548 obs.
► EXITIOUS deadly, destructive to life, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous → 1563 obs.
► FATIFEROUS deadly, mortal, destructive → 1656
► HATEL deadly, cruel, fierce → a1000 obs.
► KILL-DEVIL deadly, that would kill devils → 1831
► LETHIFEROUS deadly, that causes or results in death → 1651
► MURDERSOME capable of killing; deadly, fatal → 1585
► PEREMPTORY deadly, destructive → 1567 obs.
► WAN deadly, awful, cruel, wicked → c1400 poetic usage, obs.
ADVERBS
► DEADLILY in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively → 1621
NOUNS
► LETHALITY deadliness; the condition of being lethal; ability to cause death → 1656