deadly

deadly
I ['dedlɪ]
aggettivo
1) (lethal) [disease, sin] mortale; [poison, weapon] letale; fig. [enemy, hatred] mortale; [rivalry] accanito
2) (absolute)

in deadly earnest — con grande serietà

with deadly accuracy — con una precisione terribile

3) colloq. (boring) [person, event] noiosissimo
II ['dedlɪ]
avverbio [boring] mortalmente, terribilmente

deadly pale — di un pallore cadaverico

to be deadly serious — essere serissimo

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adjective
1) (causing death: a deadly poison.) mortale
2) (very great: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).) grande
3) (very dull or uninteresting: What a deadly job this is.) insopportabile
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deadly (1) /ˈdɛdlɪ/
a.
1 mortale; micidiale: deadly poison, veleno micidiale; deadly enemies, nemici mortali; a deadly attack [disease, weapon], un attentato [una malattia, un'arma] mortale; a deadly sin, un peccato capitale; a deadly threat, una minaccia di morte
2 assoluto, totale: a deadly dullness, una monotonia assoluta
3 (fam.) di una noia mortale: a deadly party, una festa di una noia mortale
4 (fam.) micidiale (fig.): deadly accuracy, precisione micidiale; a deadly aim, una mira infallibile
● (bot.) deadly nightshade, (Atropa belladonna) belladonna; (Solanum nigrum) morella, ballerina □ a deadly secret, un segreto assoluto □ a deadly silence, un silenzio di tomba □ (relig.) the seven Deadly Sins, i sette vizi capitali □ to be in deadly earnest, fare proprio sul serio.
deadly (2) /ˈdɛdlɪ/
avv.
1 mortalmente: deadly pale, mortalmente pallido
2 estremamente; tremendamente: deadly serious, estremamente serio; deadly boring (o dull) tremendamente noioso; deadly tired, stanco morto.
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I ['dedlɪ]
aggettivo
1) (lethal) [disease, sin] mortale; [poison, weapon] letale; fig. [enemy, hatred] mortale; [rivalry] accanito
2) (absolute)

in deadly earnest — con grande serietà

with deadly accuracy — con una precisione terribile

3) colloq. (boring) [person, event] noiosissimo
II ['dedlɪ]
avverbio [boring] mortalmente, terribilmente

deadly pale — di un pallore cadaverico

to be deadly serious — essere serissimo


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