deathly

[ deth-lee ]

/ ˈdɛθ li /

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adjective

causing death; deadly; fatal.

like death: a deathly silence.

of, relating to, or indicating death; morbid: a deathly odor from the sepulcher.

adverb

in the manner of death.

very; utterly: deathly afraid.

Nearby words

deathday, deathful, deathless, deathlessly, deathlike, deathly, deathplace, deathsman, deathtrap, deathwatch, deathy

Origin of deathly

before 1000; Middle English dethlich, Old English dēathlīc. See death, -ly

Related formsdeath·li·ness, nounpre·death·ly, adjective

Can be confuseddeadly deathly

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Examples from the Web for deathly

I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
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Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.
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Their network of super-elite inbreeding and strategic couplings had united the West in a deathly embrace.
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Sure, there's that fringe group of weirdos who are deathly afraid of clowns.
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Hideo Nakata, the world famous Japanese horror film director is deathly afraid of one thing: dark waters.
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A deathly faintness was upon him, and through it he spoke distinctly—again of mercy.
Golden Stories|Various
The girl flew to him, took the head upon her shoulder, caressed the deathly face, warmed the mouth with her own.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864|Various
Then a fierce sneer flitted across her deathly pale face, and her dark eyes flashed still more.
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Johnny sat there deathly pale, his eyes fairly popping out of his head and his whole body shaking like a poplar leaf.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling|J. P. Johnston
His unearthly murmurings are still falling with deathly emphasis on my soul!
Recollections of Windsor Prison;|John Reynolds.

British Dictionary definitions for deathly

deathly

/ (ˈdɛθlɪ) /

adjective

deadly

resembling deatha deathly quiet

Derived Formsdeathliness, noun

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deathly

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deathly

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