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deathly

[ deth-lee ]
/ ˈdɛθ li /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR deathly

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.

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Origin of deathly

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

OTHER WORDS FROM deathly

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deathly

deadly, deathly

Words nearby deathly

death instinct, Death in Venice, death knell, deathless, deathlike, deathly, death mask, death match, death metal, death of, Death of a Salesman
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Words related to deathly

appalling, cadaverous, dreadful, gaunt, ghastly, grim, gruesome, haggard, horrible, macabre, pale, pallid, wan, wasted, deathlike, defunctive, deadly, extreme, intense, lethal

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British Dictionary definitions for deathly

deathly
/ (ˈdɛθlɪ) /

adjective

deadly
resembling deatha deathly quiet

Derived forms of deathly

deathliness, noun
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