DEFINITIONS

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.

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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

Words nearby deathly

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

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
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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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