COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►deathly cold/white/pale
She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint.
►a deathly hush/silence
(=complete silence) A deathly hush fell over the room.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►deathly pale
Sharon went deathly pale and looked as if she might faint.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►hush
· A deathly hush fell, in which the sound of some one talking too loudly behind the main stand could clearly be heard.· There was a deathly hush over the whole show.· A deathly hush envelops the scene, a silence that seems almost sinister.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundeaddeathdeadlinessadjectivedeaddeadlydeathlyadverbdeadlydeathlyverbdeaden
reminding you of death or of a dead bodydeathly cold/white/pale She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint.a deathly hush/silence (=complete silence) A deathly hush fell over the room.