An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DEADLIEST
DEADLY
deadly
(adjective) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
deadly, deathly, mortal
(adjective) causing or capable of causing death; “a fatal accident”; “a deadly enemy”; “mortal combat”; “a mortal illness”
deadly, lethal
(adjective) of an instrument of certain death; “deadly poisons”; “lethal weapon”; “a lethal injection”
baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent
(adjective) exceedingly harmful
deadly, mortal
(adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; “the seven deadly sins”
deadly, venomous, virulent
(adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; “venomous snakes”; “a virulent insect bite”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
deadliest
superlative form of deadly: most deadly
The black mamba is one of the deadliest snakes.
Source: Wiktionary
DEADLY
Dead"ly, a.
1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.
3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] The image of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade.
Dead"ly, adv.
1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. "Deadly pale." Shak.
2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx. 24.
3. In an implacable manner; destructively.
4. Extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man." Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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