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Dictionary: death·ly   (dĕth') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of death: a deathly silence.
  2. Causing death; fatal.
adv.
  1. In the manner of death.
  2. Extremely; very: The night was deathly cold.

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Thesaurus: deathly
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adjective

  1. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death: cadaverous, deadly, deathlike, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral. See live/die.
  2. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly, fatal, lethal, mortal, vital. See live/die.

Antonyms: deathly
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adj

Definition: fatal
Antonyms: benign, harmless, healthful, healthy, life-giving, strengthening

adj

Definition: suggesting end of life
Antonyms: animated, beginning, blooming, blossoming, lively


WordNet: deathly
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

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

Meaning #2: causing or capable of causing death
  Synonyms: deadly, mortal


The adverb deathly has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in the manner of death


Translations: Deathly
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dødlignende, dødelig
adv. - dødsens

Nederlands (Dutch)
dodelijk, doods

Français (French)
adj. - cadavérique, de mort
adv. - comme la mort

Deutsch (German)
adj. - tödlich, Todes-
adv. - tödlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νεκρικός
adv. - νεκρικά, θανατερά

Italiano (Italian)
mortale, mortalmente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mortal, fatal
adv. - mortalmente, extremamente

Русский (Russian)
смертельный, смертельно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mortal, mortífero, sepulcral, cadavérico
adv. - mortalmente, totalmente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dödlig, dödslik
adv. - dödligt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
死一般的, 像死一样地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 死一般的
adv. - 像死一樣地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 죽음에 이르게 하는, 잔혹한, 죽은 듯한
adv. - 죽은 듯이, 극단적으로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 死のような
adv. - 死んだように

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مميت, مهلك (ظرف) شبيه بالموت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של מוות‬
adv. - ‮כמוות‬


 
 
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