Deathly

Word DEATHLY
Character 7
Hyphenation death ly
Pronunciations /ˈdɛθli/

Definitions and meanings of "Deathly"

What do we mean by deathly?

Of, resembling, or characteristic of death. adjective

Causing death; fatal. adjective

In the manner of death. adverb

Extremely; very. adverb

So as to resemble a dead person, or death.

Like or characteristic of death; partaking of the nature or appearance of death: as, a deathly swoon; deathly pallor.

Threatening death; fatal; mortal; deadly.

Synonyms See deadly.

Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive. adjective

Deadly. adverb

Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death. adjective

Fatal, causing death. adjective

Extreme. adjective

With reference to death. adverb

Extremely, dreadfully. adverb

To a degree resembling death adverb

Causing or capable of causing death adjective

Having the physical appearance of death adjective

Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.

Deadly, fatal, causing death.

Extreme.

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The word "deathly" in example sentences

Any sense of trepidation surrounding Haneke’s vision of a post-apocalyptic existence is heightened by his movie’s title sequence, which unfolds in deathly silence, white words on a black screen, and lasts for what seems like an eternity. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The following morning, he recalls the deathly silence that consumed New York City, "as if saying something would have been disrespectful to the 2,500 people or so who died." ❋ Unknown (2008)

"So I noticed," Dundee nodded, recalling the deathly pallor of the girl's face as Sprague had glibly explained away that damning note and all its implications. ❋ Anne Austin (N/A)

So it ` s a defense mechanism, what he ` s doing, and he ` s telling the press that the children are deathly terrorized, and that word "deathly" says a lot. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There are one hundred fifty-one children in some kind of deathly stupor, all stacked up in coffins within the ship. ❋ Vinge, Vernor (1992)

Lloyd said he started kayaking partly to beat a "deathly" fear of the water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I am deathly scared of the country that they're going to inherit," he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama's security team must have been deathly afraid that ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are deathly afraid that any sort of protest could lead to violence against them (a sort of projection on their enemies of their own intent) or that protesters against them should be intimidated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Give the girl a chance to get her life together instead of saddling her with a choice between baby and guy that she thinks she is in love with or she is deathly afraid of. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am in agreement with Jane that an intervention is needed in America to deal with the spiritual void that is making us deathly ill. ❋ Dr. Howard Samuels (2011)

By half past 10, when the president finally shuffled on to the stage, a deathly hush swept the square. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This Brit was deathly nervous, and as such, almost killed the Etta James classic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yes, of course there are lovely middle-class people in Newcastle who have dinner parties discussing their trips to exhibits at the Sage and Baltic, but they'd make deathly dull TV and wouldn't want to be on it, anyway. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Having sat through the deathly dullness of Part 1, here's our reward: a rousing finale that strikes all the right notes, ties up 10 years' worth of loose ends, plunges you into 3D battle, and perhaps even wrings the odd tear – all without inducing effects fatigue. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It features me 20 years ago, performing poor material, in a nervous breathy voice while giggling at my own ideas in the face of deathly silence from the crowd. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And although I'm deathly afraid of what will happen to our Habitat Club when you're gone, and I'm also frustrated that my sister won't have to suffer through all the beautiful misery that I went through of last year, I feel, most of all, pity for the incoming freshmen, because they really will have no idea what they missed out on. ❋ Grace Li (2011)

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