Cracking and Deadly

Cracking

Cracking adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: tells a cracking good tale of a search for a lost city

Deadly and cracking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deadly" instead an adverb "Cracking".

Nearby Words: crack, cracked, crackle, cracker, crackdown

Deadly

Deadly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: I'm deadly serious about making an offer on the house

Cracking and deadly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cracking" instead an adverb "Deadly".

Nearby Word: dead

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Darkness Visible Black Comedy: The characters are not immune to cracking jokes about death/in deadly situations:Lewis: ‘I would only ask that the next time you cut a man in half, you do so on somebody else’s lawn.
  • Series / The Bionic Woman Jaime came damn close to cracking in "Doomsday is Tomorrow Part II," then again an episode later in "Deadly Ringer Part I." The final episode, "On the Run" as well.
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