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deadly

/ˈdedli/DED-lee
/ˈdɛdli/DED-lee

Meaninglike death

Common meaning: able to kill

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishdeadsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdeedsource
  3. Englishdead‘no longer alive’
  4. Englishformed in English from deaddeadly‘able to kill’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from dead + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DEAD, p.154 · scan

Source words

  • dead Old English · source word “dead”

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