deathly
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death·ly
(dĕth′lē)adj.
1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of death: a deathly silence.
2. Causing death; fatal.
adv.
1. In the manner of death.
2. Extremely; very: The night was deathly cold.
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deathly
(ˈdɛθlɪ)adj
1. deadly
2. resembling death: a deathly quiet.
ˈdeathliness n
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death•ly
(ˈdɛθ li)adj.
1. causing death; deadly.
2. resembling death.
adv. 3. in the manner of death: deathly pale.
4. utterly: deathly afraid.
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Adj. | 1. | deathly - having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
2. | deathly - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" fatal - bringing death | |
Adv. | 1. | deathly - to a degree resembling death; "he was deathly pale" |
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deathly
adjective
1. deathlike, white, pale, ghastly, wan, gaunt, haggard, bloodless, pallid, ashen, sallow, cadaverous, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) the deathly pallor of her cheeks
2. fatal, terminal, deadly, terrible, destructive, lethal, mortal, malignant, incurable, pernicious a deathly illness
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deathly
adjective1. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death:
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deathly
[ˈdeθlɪ]A. ADJ (deathlier (compar) (deathliest (superl))) [appearance, pallor] → cadavérico; [silence] → sepulcral
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death
(deθ) noun1. the act of dying. There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.muerte
2. something which causes one to die. Smoking too much was the death of him.muerte
3. the state of being dead. eyes closed in death.muerte
ˈdeathly adjective, adverbˈdeath-bed noun the bed in which a person dies. lecho de muerte
ˈdeath certificate an official piece of paper signed by a doctor stating the cause of someone's death. partida de defunción
at death's door on the point of dying. en las puertas de la muerte
catch one's death (of cold) to get a very bad cold. If you go out in that rain without a coat you'll catch your death (of cold). pillar una galipandria
put to death to cause to be killed. The criminal was put to death by hanging.ejecutar
to death very greatly. I'm sick to death of you. a muerte
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