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a.

1. Resembling death.

A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose.
Pope.

2. Deadly. [Obs.] «Deathlike dragons.» Shak.

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adjective

    Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death: cadaverous, deadly, deathly, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral. See live/die.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having the physical appearance of death
  Synonym: deathly

 
 
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