Definition of Deathly

1. Adjective. Having the physical appearance of death. "A deathly pallor"

Exact synonyms: Deathlike
Similar to: Dead

2. Adverb. To a degree resembling death. "He was deathly pale"

3. Adjective. Causing or capable of causing death. "A mortal illness"
Exact synonyms: Deadly, Mortal
Similar to: Fatal
Derivative terms: Deadliness, Death

Definition of Deathly

1. a. Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

2. adv. Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Definition of Deathly

1. Adjective. Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death. ¹

2. Adjective. fatal, causing death ¹

3. Adjective. extreme ¹

4. Adverb. With reference to death ¹

5. Adverb. extremely, dreadfully ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deathly

1. fatal [adj] - See also: fatal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathly

deathhouse
deathhouses
deathier
deathiest
deathiness
deathless
deathlessly
deathlessness
deathlessnesses
deathlier
deathlike
deathlily
deathliness
deathlock
deathlocks
deathly (current term)
deathmatch
deathmatched
deathmatches
deathmatching
deathmonger
deathmongers
deathpunk
deathrate
deathray
deathrays
deathrock
deathrocker
deathrockers
deaths

Literary usage of Deathly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1890)
"AFTER THE BATTLE — MT FIRST EXPERIENCE IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL — A deathly ... Sights — Horrible Mutilation of the Men — A deathly Faintness came over me ..."

2. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"... FOR ROSE THOU rose deathly, deadly, swollen, Leave the udder of the white-footed cow, Leave the udder of the spotted cow, Leave, leave that swelling, ..."

3. A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homoeopathy by Timothy Field Allen (1891)
"Vomiting of food and of sour or bitter liquid, with deathly nausea, ... Evacuations like cholera, with deathly faintness, cold surface, irregular pulse. ..."

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