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Definition of "deadliness" [dead•li•ness]

  • The degree to which a thing is deadly. (noun)
  • The quality of being deadly. (noun)
  • Tedium, or the quality of being boring (noun)

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Use "deadliness" in a sentence
  • "Sara: I don’t think its deadliness is the issue — it’s that there is no long term storage"
  • "I don’t think its deadliness is the issue — it’s that there is no long term storage."
  • "(I say "deadliness" with some justification, for it compares very favorably with, say, the poisonous snakes of India, whose bites take more hours to bring on death than the jambi does minutes.)"