| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.[Websters]
2. Liable to undergo death; mortal.[Websters] 3. Being mortal, fatal, lethal or deadly. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb deathfully.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (deathfully) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective deathful.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEATHFUL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEATHFUL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Full of slaughter; murderous; destructive.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (archaic) Full of death or slaughter. (references) | 2: [Adjective] (archaic) Liable to undergo death. (references) | 3: [Adjective] Resembling death. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
