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deadliness

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdlɪnəs/

The English word “deadliness” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The quality of being deadly.
  2. The degree to which a thing is deadly.
  3. Tedium, or the quality of being boring.

Etymology

From Middle English dedlinesse, deadlicnesse, from Old English dēadlīcnes, equivalent to deadly + -ness.

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