deathly
死亡的,致命的,死气沉沉,死气沉沉的
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Definitions
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- : causing death; deadly; fatal.
- : like death: a deathly silence.
- : of, relating to, or indicating death; morbid: a deathly odor from the sepulcher.
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- : in the manner of death.
- : very; utterly: deathly afraid.
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Examples
“The streets were deathly quiet as the horses pulled Lincoln’s car, hearse-like, through the dark streets,” Widmer wrote.
I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.
Their network of super-elite inbreeding and strategic couplings had united the West in a deathly embrace.
Sure, there's that fringe group of weirdos who are deathly afraid of clowns.
Hideo Nakata, the world famous Japanese horror film director is deathly afraid of one thing: dark waters.
She bent forward, her chin resting upon her breast, and gradually the deathly sickness passed.
Deathly pale, the teacher took a step toward the window, but hastily turned, and dashed from the room.
Lying there, with hollow cheeks, eyes closed and lips deathly pale, it seemed as if the spirit had already fled.
I felt deathly sick, physically sick, fearing she was marked for death, fearing she was reserved for worse than death.
And she raised her proud head higher, and looked about her and deep down with deathly eyes.