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Deathly

adjective

Having the physical appearance of death. Synonym: deathlike.

Causing or capable of causing death. Synonyms: deadly, mortal. "A deadly enemy" , "Mortal combat" , "A mortal illness"

adverb

To a degree resembling death.

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"Deathly" Quotes from Famous Books

... it, zigzag along the hill-side. She thought, as her horse galloped up the path, she could see the very spot where Douglas was lying. Not dead,—she knew he was not dead! She came to it now. How deathly still it was! As she tied the horse to the fence, and climbed down the precipice through the snow, she was dimly conscious that the air was warmer, that the pure moonlight was about her, genial, hopeful. A startled snow-bird chirped to her, as she passed. ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 60, October 1862 • Various

... their daily business. And then—crash! the guns began, slamming out volley after volley all along the English lines, and the poor frail web of things that had made up the lives of a vanished city-full hung dangling before us in that deathly blast. ...

— Fighting France - From Dunkerque to Belport • Edith Wharton

... boy saw the stranger approach he turned as pale as marble, slid away from the brigade commander's side, and disappeared behind a group of staff officers and orderlies. The new-comer also became deathly white as he glanced after the retreating youth. Then he dismounted, touched his cap slightly and, as if mechanically, advanced a few steps, and said hoarsely, "I believe this is Colonel Waldron. I am Captain Fitz Hugh, of the ...

— Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 • Various

... deathly still. The homespun bedclothes and hand-made quilts of brilliant colors had been thrown in a heap on one of the two beds of hickory withes; the kitchen utensils—a crane and a few pots and pans—had been piled on the ...

— The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come • John Fox

... the communicator itself. He didn't mention the puzzling fact that the communicator had stayed perfectly aimed while it was picked up and squeaked at and destroyed. He had no explanation for it. What he did have to tell was bad enough. She went deathly pale, searching his face as he ...

— Operation Terror • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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