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Meaning of 'deathly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deathly [ a.]
- Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
2 . Deathly [ adv.]
- Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Meaning of 'deathly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deathly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- to an extreme degree
Example in sentence:
  • as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes;
  • extremely cold;
  • extremely unpleasant;
  • screamingly funny;
  • she is super smart;
  • the night was deathly cold
Meaning (2):
- to a degree resembling death
Example in sentence:
  • he was deathly pale
3 . deathly [ s]
Meaning (3):
- causing or capable of causing death
Example in sentence:
  • a deadly enemy;
  • a fatal accident;
  • a mortal illness;
  • mortal combat
Meaning (4):
- having the physical appearance of death
Example in sentence:
  • a deathly pallor

Nearby Words:

deacon deaconess deaconhood deaconry deaconship dead dead beat dead-eye dead-hearted dead-pay

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