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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024death•ly /ˈdɛθli/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- extreme;
intense:He had a deathly fear of snakes. - resembling death:a deathly paleness.
adv. - in the manner of death:deathly pale.
- completely;
utterly:She's deathly afraid of me.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024death•ly (deth′lē),USA pronunciation adj. - causing death;
deadly;
fatal. - like death:a deathly silence.
- of, pertaining to, or indicating death;
morbid:a deathly odor from the sepulcher.
adv. - in the manner of death.
- very;
utterly:deathly afraid.
- Middle English dethlich, Old English dēathlīc. See death, -ly bef. 1000
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