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[ deth-lee ] / ˈdɛθ li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deathly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing death; deadly; fatal. like death: a deathly silence. of, relating to, or indicating death; morbid: a deathly odor from the sepulcher. adverbin the manner of death. very; utterly: deathly afraid. Origin of deathlybefore 1000; Middle English dethlich,Old English dēathlīc.See death, -ly OTHER WORDS FROM deathlydeath·li·ness, nounpre·death·ly, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deathlydeadly, deathly Words nearby deathlydeath instinct, Death in Venice, death knell, deathless, deathlike, deathly, death mask, death match, death metal, death of, Death of a Salesman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deathlyI am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying. Why My Norovirus Panic Makes Me Sick|Lizzie Crocker|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private. America’s Fastest Growing Death Holiday Is From Mexico|Michael Schulson|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their network of super-elite inbreeding and strategic couplings had united the West in a deathly embrace. Can We Divorce Our Elites?|James Poulos|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sure, there's that fringe group of weirdos who are deathly afraid of clowns. 'American Idol' Premiere Review: The Clown Show Is Back and We Love It|Kevin Fallon|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hideo Nakata, the world famous Japanese horror film director is deathly afraid of one thing: dark waters. Japanese Horror Director Tackles the 3/11 Tsunami|Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST A deathly faintness was upon him, and through it he spoke distinctly—again of mercy. 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. Henry VIII And His Court|Louise Muhlbach 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
adjectivedeadly resembling deatha deathly quiet Derived forms of deathlydeathliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to deathlyappalling, cadaverous, dreadful, gaunt, ghastly, grim, gruesome, haggard, horrible, macabre, pale, pallid, wan, wasted, deathlike, defunctive, deadly, extreme, intense, lethal |