deadliness

See also: deadlines

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdlɪnəs/

Noun

deadliness (usually uncountable, plural deadlinesses)

1. Synonym of lethality.
   1. The quality of being deadly.
   2. The degree to which a thing is deadly.

      Related terms: death, deathliness, deathly

2. (figurative, hyperbolic) Tedium, or the quality of being boring.

   Related terms: to bore (someone) to death