deathly
About 0.54 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
He has a deathly pallor.
- adjective Deadly, fatal, causing death.
- adjective Extreme.
He has a deathly fear of crocodiles.
- adverb In a way that resembles death.
He was deathly pale.
- adverb Extremely, dreadfully.
The water was deathly cold.
Similar words
mortal deadly deathlike dead fatal mortally fatally lethally deathy deathful
Often followed by
pale silence afraid ill quiet white still sick pallor silent
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