adj.
1.causing or capable of causing death
2.of an instrument of certain death
3.extremely poisonous or injurious
4.involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
5.exceedingly harmful
6.(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect deadly adv.
1.as if dead
2.as if produced by death
3.(used as intensives) extremely
Idiom of the Day
let (someone) off the hook
to excuse someone from a penalty or a promise
My boss let me off the hook and I did not have to stay after work and help clean the office.