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DEATHLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the physical appearance of death
Example:
a deathly pallor
Synonyms:
deathlike; deathly
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Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing or capable of causing death
Example:
a mortal illness
Synonyms:
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Similar:
fatal (bringing death)
Derivation:
death (the act of killing)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To an extreme degree
Example:
as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes
Synonyms:
deathly; exceedingly; extremely; super
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Sense 2
Meaning:
To a degree resembling death
Example:
he was deathly pale
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