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How to pronounce “deadly”
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Pronunciation guide for deadly
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of deadly with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- How to build a thriving music scene in your city
but the very idea of that is just deadly boring to me.
- Definition summary
- (obsolete, rare) Subject to death; mortal.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce deadly
How to build a thriving music scene in your city

but the very idea of that is just deadly boring to me.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “deadly”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (obsolete, rare) Subject to death; mortal.
- Causing death; lethal.
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
- Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- (informal) Very boring.
- (informal, Australian Aboriginal, Ireland, Newfoundland) Excellent, awesome, cool.
- [Adverb]
- (obsolete) Fatally, mortally.
- In a way which suggests death.
- Extremely, incredibly.
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