deathlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθli/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθli/

Forms: Old English–early Middle English deaþlic, late Old English deæþlic- (in derivatives), early Middle English deaþelic, Old English–early Middle English deaðlic, early Middle English deaðlich, Middle English deþlich, 1500s deathlie, 1500s deathlye, 1500s– deathly.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian dāthlik , dādlik , Middle Dutch dootlijc , dootlike (Dutch dodelijk ), Middle Low German dȫtlīk , Old High German tōdlīh (Middle High German tōtlich , tœtlich , German tötlich ) < the Germanic base of death n. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix¹. Compare deadly adj.

1. Subject to death, mortal. Now rare (archaic or literary).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > liable to death

deathlyeOE

deadlyc1000

brotel1340

mortalc1390

mortuala1500

deathful?1624

mortalized1633

cadaverable1651

cadaverizable1651

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) i. xvi. 78 Eal þe we þrowiað in þissum deaðlican lichoman [OE Corpus Cambr. in deadlican lichaman; L. in hac mortali carne] is of untrymnesse þæs gecyndes rehte Godes dome geendebyrdad.

OE Blickling Homilies 21 Bið þonne undeaþlic, þeah he [sc. the body] ær deaþlic wære.

c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 169 God heom weorp of þam mucele murhðe on þisse deaþelic lif hider on middæneard.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 9 He wile to us cume and weren us mid [altered to wið] ure deaðliche liue and wið eche wowe.

a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Initio Creaturae (Vesp. A.xxii) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 221 Þu wurst deaðlic [OE Royal deadlic], ȝef þu þes trowes westm ȝeetst.

a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 11 Þanne it is soþe þat he [sc. the Pope] feng nouȝt so grete power as Crist in temporalte, but onlich þat power þat Crist vsed & tauȝt in his deþlich lyuyng.

1899 A. Lang tr. Homeric Hymns 198 Now I am the honoured Demeter, the greatest good and gain of the Immortals to deathly men.

1921 F. Legge tr. Philosophumena I. v. 130 For deathly, says he, is all birth below, but deathless that which is born above.

2008 J. E. von der Heydt At Brink of Infinity vii. 190 Emblems of the deathly body.

2. That causes death; deadly, fatal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective]

deadlyc893

deathlyOE

deathfula1250

mortalc1390

capitalc1426

exitialc1475

fey1488

mortuala1500

perishinga1500

fatal?1518

ferial1528

mortiferousa1538

deadc1540

exitious?1545

deathlike1548

mortifying1555

starvingc1600

lethal1604

speedingc1604

vital1612

irrecoverable1614

feral1621

lethiferous1651

mortific1651

mortifical1657

daggering1694

exitiose1727

fateful1764

kill-devil1831

unsurvivable1839

lethiferal1848

tachythanatous1860

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 19 Oct. 234 Ic wæs synna georn, ond in deaðlicum listum [OE Corpus Cambr. 196 swa leggeorn on deadlicum lustum and] ic wæs beswicen, ond ic beswac monige þurh me [L. ego delectatione mortifera uoluptatum multos decepta decepi].

a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 75 (MED) He is ihaten helende for he moncun helede of þan deþliche atter.

a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 811 Mon imonnes cunde þat wið woh hefde to deað idrahen moncun þurh deaðliche [c1225 Royal dedlich] sunne.

1548 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Cor. ii. f. xlviii Vnholsome and deathlye to such as refuse it.

1555 tr. P. M. Vermigli Treat. Cohabitacyon Faithfull 19 The byting of deathlie serpentes.

?1570 J. Keper in T. Howell Newe Sonets 3 When deathly seas compels weake hart to quaile.

1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. I. vii. 199 Trouble is not so deathly as impatience under it.

1815 D. L. Dodge War inconsistent with Relig. Jesus Christ 79 If any man assaults you with deathly weapons, you may repel him with deathly weapons.

1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 263 That deathly flow of hot air coming up..from the neighbouring infernal regions.

1885 W. de G. Birch Life King Harold v. 135 His wounds, many and deathly.

1915 D. A. Mackenzie Myths Babylonia & Assyria iv. 79 Evil spirits..might appear as beautiful girls or handsome men and seize unsuspecting victims in deathly embrace.

1966 Ebony Sept. 14/2 African Negroes who did by random chance contact the disease became immune to another deathly disease, malaria.

2012 J. Johnson Forgotten Heroes xiv. 222 The deathly blow targeted for Taxius's jugular vein in his neck.

a. Of the nature of or resembling death; having the appearance of death or of a corpse; gloomy, pale, still, etc., in a manner which evokes death.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 8 (MED) For lonc he is & leane, & his leor deaðlich [Royal dedlich, a1250 Titus deadliche] & blac & elheowet.

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 26 The deathly day in dole I passe.

1729 Misc. Poems Several Hands 209 Only let The dull dim Glow-worm, shed its deathly Gleam.

1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story II. xi. 224 His attention was caught by her deathly countenance.

1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 204 She, poor thing, looking deathly.

1865 F. Parkman Huguenots in Florida in France & Eng. in N. Amer. iv. 57 A deathly stillness.

1920 E. M. Dell Top of World ii. xi. 259 Though he was pale, the deathly look had gone from his face.

1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot i. 104 Everywhere a great rocky plateau stretched—grey, pinkish, brown,..paling to a deathly chalk.

2011 L. Mullerwort Mistol xi. 56 Daylight was finally winning over the deathly night sky.

b. literary. Of or relating to death; associated with death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > relating to death

mortalc1425

deadly1470

capitalc1475

mortuary1542

parting?1570

deada1586

defunctive1601

lethal1607

deathly1763

deathya1822

1763 F. J. Don Coblero 30 He now attempts the murdering saw, From deathly sheath to draw.

1807 T. J. H. Curties Monk of Udolpho IV. i. 4 The spectre breathed forth a deathly sigh.

1850 E. B. Browning Soul's Trav. 176 That deathly odour which the clay Leaves on its deathlessness alway.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 65 As soul is quenchless by the deathly mists.

1920 Munsey's Mag. 68 90/2 His mouth set in a deathly smile.

1964 M. Klein After Alienation v. 243 He lives between deathly symbols of time present and a sense of a strangely captivating time past.

2007 J. K. Rowling (title) Harry Potter and the deathly hallows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deathly
释义	deathlyadj. Brit. /ˈdɛθli/, U.S. /ˈdɛθli/ Forms: Old English–early Middle English deaþlic, late Old English deæþlic- (in derivatives), early Middle English deaþelic, Old English–early Middle English deaðlic, early Middle English deaðlich, Middle English deþlich, 1500s deathlie, 1500s deathlye, 1500s– deathly. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian dāthlik , dādlik , Middle Dutch dootlijc , dootlike (Dutch dodelijk ), Middle Low German dȫtlīk , Old High German tōdlīh (Middle High German tōtlich , tœtlich , German tötlich ) < the Germanic base of death n. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix¹. Compare deadly adj. 1. Subject to death, mortal. Now rare (archaic or literary). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > liable to death deathlyeOE deadlyc1000 brotel1340 mortalc1390 mortuala1500 deathful?1624 mortalized1633 cadaverable1651 cadaverizable1651 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) i. xvi. 78 Eal þe we þrowiað in þissum deaðlican lichoman [OE Corpus Cambr. in deadlican lichaman; L. in hac mortali carne] is of untrymnesse þæs gecyndes rehte Godes dome geendebyrdad. OE Blickling Homilies 21 Bið þonne undeaþlic, þeah he [sc. the body] ær deaþlic wære. c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 169 God heom weorp of þam mucele murhðe on þisse deaþelic lif hider on middæneard. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 9 He wile to us cume and weren us mid [altered to wið] ure deaðliche liue and wið eche wowe. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Initio Creaturae (Vesp. A.xxii) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 221 Þu wurst deaðlic [OE Royal deadlic], ȝef þu þes trowes westm ȝeetst. a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 11 Þanne it is soþe þat he [sc. the Pope] feng nouȝt so grete power as Crist in temporalte, but onlich þat power þat Crist vsed & tauȝt in his deþlich lyuyng. 1899 A. Lang tr. Homeric Hymns 198 Now I am the honoured Demeter, the greatest good and gain of the Immortals to deathly men. 1921 F. Legge tr. Philosophumena I. v. 130 For deathly, says he, is all birth below, but deathless that which is born above. 2008 J. E. von der Heydt At Brink of Infinity vii. 190 Emblems of the deathly body. 2. That causes death; deadly, fatal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective] deadlyc893 deathlyOE deathfula1250 mortalc1390 capitalc1426 exitialc1475 fey1488 mortuala1500 perishinga1500 fatal?1518 ferial1528 mortiferousa1538 deadc1540 exitious?1545 deathlike1548 mortifying1555 starvingc1600 lethal1604 speedingc1604 vital1612 irrecoverable1614 feral1621 lethiferous1651 mortific1651 mortifical1657 daggering1694 exitiose1727 fateful1764 kill-devil1831 unsurvivable1839 lethiferal1848 tachythanatous1860 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 19 Oct. 234 Ic wæs synna georn, ond in deaðlicum listum [OE Corpus Cambr. 196 swa leggeorn on deadlicum lustum and] ic wæs beswicen, ond ic beswac monige þurh me [L. ego delectatione mortifera uoluptatum multos decepta decepi]. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 75 (MED) He is ihaten helende for he moncun helede of þan deþliche atter. a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 811 Mon imonnes cunde þat wið woh hefde to deað idrahen moncun þurh deaðliche [c1225 Royal dedlich] sunne. 1548 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Cor. ii. f. xlviii Vnholsome and deathlye to such as refuse it. 1555 tr. P. M. Vermigli Treat. Cohabitacyon Faithfull 19 The byting of deathlie serpentes. ?1570 J. Keper in T. Howell Newe Sonets 3 When deathly seas compels weake hart to quaile. 1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. I. vii. 199 Trouble is not so deathly as impatience under it. 1815 D. L. Dodge War inconsistent with Relig. Jesus Christ 79 If any man assaults you with deathly weapons, you may repel him with deathly weapons. 1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 263 That deathly flow of hot air coming up..from the neighbouring infernal regions. 1885 W. de G. Birch Life King Harold v. 135 His wounds, many and deathly. 1915 D. A. Mackenzie Myths Babylonia & Assyria iv. 79 Evil spirits..might appear as beautiful girls or handsome men and seize unsuspecting victims in deathly embrace. 1966 Ebony Sept. 14/2 African Negroes who did by random chance contact the disease became immune to another deathly disease, malaria. 2012 J. Johnson Forgotten Heroes xiv. 222 The deathly blow targeted for Taxius's jugular vein in his neck. 3. a. Of the nature of or resembling death; having the appearance of death or of a corpse; gloomy, pale, still, etc., in a manner which evokes death. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 8 (MED) For lonc he is & leane, & his leor deaðlich [Royal dedlich, a1250 Titus deadliche] & blac & elheowet. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 26 The deathly day in dole I passe. 1729 Misc. Poems Several Hands 209 Only let The dull dim Glow-worm, shed its deathly Gleam. 1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story II. xi. 224 His attention was caught by her deathly countenance. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 204 She, poor thing, looking deathly. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots in Florida in France & Eng. in N. Amer. iv. 57 A deathly stillness. 1920 E. M. Dell Top of World ii. xi. 259 Though he was pale, the deathly look had gone from his face. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot i. 104 Everywhere a great rocky plateau stretched—grey, pinkish, brown,..paling to a deathly chalk. 2011 L. Mullerwort Mistol xi. 56 Daylight was finally winning over the deathly night sky. b. literary. Of or relating to death; associated with death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > relating to death mortalc1425 deadly1470 capitalc1475 mortuary1542 parting?1570 deada1586 defunctive1601 lethal1607 deathly1763 deathya1822 1763 F. J. Don Coblero 30 He now attempts the murdering saw, From deathly sheath to draw. 1807 T. J. H. Curties Monk of Udolpho IV. i. 4 The spectre breathed forth a deathly sigh. 1850 E. B. Browning Soul's Trav. 176 That deathly odour which the clay Leaves on its deathlessness alway. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 65 As soul is quenchless by the deathly mists. 1920 Munsey's Mag. 68 90/2 His mouth set in a deathly smile. 1964 M. Klein After Alienation v. 243 He lives between deathly symbols of time present and a sense of a strangely captivating time past. 2007 J. K. Rowling (title) Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). deathlyadv. Brit. /ˈdɛθli/, U.S. /ˈdɛθli/ Forms: see death n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: death n., -ly suffix². Etymology: < death n. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier deathly adj., deadly adv. 1. poetic. In a way causing or tending to death. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adverb] deadlyc1050 deathlya1250 fellyc1330 mortallyc1390 à la mort?1536 deadlily1621 lethally1661 mortiferously1685 perishingly1698 deathfully1761 vitally1891 a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 Herþurh ich deie þet spec er of swuche þinge and deaðliche sunegi. a1889 R. Browning in Poet Lore (1904) Winter 138/1 Colder and deathlier roll the waves Where the sea swallows the dark Loire floods. 1916 Catholic World Dec. 333 A cloud that is deathly mortal, Mother. 2. Modifying adjectives (with negative connotations). To a degree resembling death or a corpse; in a manner evocative of death. Also in weakened sense: exceedingly, completely. Cf. deadly adv. 3, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adverb] > resembling death deadlya1400 deathly1791 deathy1811 1791 M. Robinson Poems I. 220 Why are thy darling eyes so dim, Thy cheeks so deathly pale? 1828 W. H. Merle Costança iv. 101 Pale and deathly cold His features seem. 1867 I. M. Luyster tr. J. F. Récamier Mem. & Corr. (ed. 2) xx. 391 London..seems to me deathly sad. It is always a permanent fog. 1889 Bk. Buyer Oct. 311/2 It is too deathly dull to be read. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet xii. 235 We are all deathly quiet now, watching. 1970 J. Horrigan Children! Children! i. 35 She suddenly rushes to the stereo unit,..searches frantically for the shut-off switch, finds it. The room becomes deathly still. 2008 D. Leary Why we Suck 198 My wife is deathly afraid of mice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOEadv.a1250
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deathlyadj.

deathlyadv.