[
UK
/dˈɛθli/
]
[ US /ˈdɛθɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛθɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
to a degree resembling death
he was deathly pale -
to an extreme degree
the night was deathly cold
extremely unpleasant
she is super smart
as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes
extremely cold
ADJECTIVE
-
having the physical appearance of death
a deathly pallor -
causing or capable of causing death
mortal combat
a fatal accident
a mortal illness
a deadly enemy
How To Use deathly In A Sentence
- I thought my deathly pale face made me look awful. The Sun
- This time the swoon was a deathly one, and did not yield easily. Tiger-Lilies. A Novel.
- I was shattered to see how the disease had extended its deathly grip.
- Her usually rosy cheeks were now pinched and deathly pale.
- The first turned deathly pale and shot a quick glance at the other.
- The red eyes were bright and swollen from crying, and the white skin was deathly pale from the cold.
- When he walked into a room, it went a deathly quiet. Times, Sunday Times
- Her nails are short and not in the least scary, there is no electric tan, deathly blonde hair or sticky lipstick.
- Spring allergies will be mistaken for deathly disease and your runny nose will make you a social pariah.
- The catacombs, and the lovingly tended graves within, have embalmed the lives and loves of centuries past in a deathly stillness, broken only by the babble of a passing brook.