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.
DEADNESS
Dead"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
DEAD-PAY
Dead"-pay`, n.
Defn: Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are
kept on the rolls.
O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.
DEAD-RECKONING
Dead"-reck`on*ing, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See under Dead, a.
DEADS
Deads, n. pl. (Mining)