deathly
[deth-lee]
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- in the manner of death.
- very; utterly: deathly afraid.
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Origin of deathly
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Examples from the Web for deathly
Contemporary Examples
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.
Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.
Their network of super-elite inbreeding and strategic couplings had united the West in a deathly embrace.
Sure, there's that fringe group of weirdos who are deathly afraid of clowns.
Hideo Nakata, the world famous Japanese horror film director is deathly afraid of one thing: dark waters.
Japanese Horror Director Tackles the 3/11 TsunamiJake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
February 23, 2013
Historical Examples
His face was colourless, almost fierce; his forehead was deathly white.
The ManxmanHall Caine
Slowly the colour ebbed from Rohan's face, leaving it deathly pale.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
She drew back and said no more, a deathly pallor overspreading her face.
Pretty Madcap DorothyLaura Jean Libbey
But he still had to lean on a chair, and his face was deathly pale.
Tales From Two HemispheresHjalmar Hjorth Boysen
He had wondered why the progress of the light had been so deathly slow.
deathly
- deadly
- resembling deatha deathly quiet
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Word Origin and History for deathly
adj.
Old English deaþlic "mortal" (see death). Meaning "deadly" is from late 12c.; that of "death-like" is from 1560s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper