Antonyms for deadly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ded-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd li

Definition of deadly

Origin : 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).

adj causing end of life
adj ghostly

Example sentences :

The mosquito, quite ignored, would then have gone on in his deadly work.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

A choice had been put before her in deadly earnest; she had refused to make one.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

Robin's pale, blank face had a sick look, a deadly smoothness.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

One of its most deadly weapons is fatigue, or the simulation of fatigue.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

So, she went through the inferno of days and nights in a dreariness of suffering that was deadly.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The young squire was deadly white from his exertions, both on the land and in the water.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

So simple were the words of her inquiry, but under them beat something evil, deadly.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The peril about him was growing—growing, and it was a deadly peril!
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The thought of the gas office and its deadly round sickened him.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

That is the precious document which this man thinks is deadly evidence.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Synonyms for deadly

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