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death⋅ly

  [deth-lee]
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–adjective
1. causing death; deadly; fatal.
2. like death: a deathly silence.
3. of, pertaining to, or indicating death; morbid: a deathly odor from the sepulcher.
–adverb
4. in the manner of death.
5. very; utterly: deathly afraid.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dethlich, OE dēathlīc. See death, -ly

Related forms:
death⋅li⋅ness, noun
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death·ly   (děth'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

Death"ly\, a. Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

Deathly

Death"ly\, adv. Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deathly
Spanish: mortal,
German: tödlich,
Japanese: 死のような
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