Dictionary
death•ly
Pronunciation: (deth'lē), [key]—
adj.
1. causing death; deadly; fatal.
2. like death:
a deathly silence.
3. of, pertaining to, or indicating death; morbid:
a deathly odor from the sepulcher.
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adv.
1. in the manner of death.
2. very; utterly:
deathly afraid. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.