deathly (Meaning)

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deathly (s)

having the physical appearance of death

causing or capable of causing death

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deathly (r)

to a degree resembling death

to an extreme degree

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deathly (a.)

Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

Webster

deathly (adv.)

Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

deathly Sentence Examples

  1. She was deathly afraid of spiders, freezing at the mere sight of one.
  2. The silence in the forest was so profound, it felt deathly.
  3. He gave her a deathly glare, his eyes filled with anger.
  4. The patient's condition was growing increasingly deathly, prompting urgent medical attention.
  5. His grip on the steering wheel tightened as he navigated the deathly curves of the mountain road.
  6. The witch's curse left the village in a deathly grip, with crops failing and sickness spreading.
  7. The assassin moved with deathly precision, silently eliminating his targets one by one.
  8. The house was deathly quiet, with not even a whisper of sound echoing through its halls.
  9. The air in the tomb was thick and deathly, suffocating in its stillness.
  10. The deathly pallor of her face betrayed the toll that illness had taken on her body.

FAQs About the word deathly

having the physical appearance of death, causing or capable of causing death, to a degree resembling death, to an extreme degreeDeadly; fatal; mortal; destructi

deadly, mortal, dead, murderous,spectral, lethal, mortuary, ghostly, cadaverous, inert

alive, live, animate, lively, lively, living, active, live, animate, energetic

She was deathly afraid of spiders, freezing at the mere sight of one.

The silence in the forest was so profound, it felt deathly.

He gave her a deathly glare, his eyes filled with anger.

The patient's condition was growing increasingly deathly, prompting urgent medical attention.