Synonyms for deadliness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ded-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd li |
Définition of deadliness
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).
- noun fatality
- There was the deadliness of the story: its lack of malice, even of resentment.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Silently and with deadliness apparent in every move they approached him.
- Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- Slander nips it like a frost; in deadliness it is second only to ridicule.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- But the knowledge of his deadliness kept him from being made a target.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- As to Navel-ill, much has been written on the deadliness of the complaint.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
- He was deadly quiet about it; and the deadliness and quietness subdued her.
- Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair
- The only difference between them is the varying degree of deadliness.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- The deadliness that had been in the gray eyes was in the voice now.
- Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
- But there was one circumstance which gave it a deadliness all its own.
- Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse
- The pack forgets all its knowledge of the deadliness of men in the starving times.
- Extract from : « The Voice of the Pack » by Edison Marshall
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