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    • Deadly】 , 【deathly】 are frequently confused although in precise use they are not synonyms.

      Deadly】 applies to an agent which is bound or extremely likely to cause death (see 【DEADLY】 1); in one of its extended senses, it applies to something which is so implacable or virulent or so relentless that it can result only in death, destruction, or ruin.

      Deadly】 may imply no more than an extreme of something or it may suggest a disgusting extreme of some depressing or spirit-destroying quality.

      Deathly】 applies only to that which suggests the appearance or the presence of death.

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