Adjective: deathly (deathlier,deathliest) deth-lee
- Having the physical appearance of death
"a deathly pallor";
- deathlike
- Causing or capable of causing death
"The snake's deathly venom required immediate treatment";
- deadly, mortal
- To a degree resembling death
"he was deathly pale"
- To an extreme degree
"the night was deathly cold"; "as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes";
- extremely, exceedingly, super, hella [US, informal], stone
Derived forms: deathliest, deathlier
See also: dead, fatal, killing
Encyclopedia: Deathly