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deathly

[deth-lee] / ˈdɛθ li /




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While deathly ill in 1373, a devout 30-year-old English mystic known as Julian of Norwich had a series of 16 visions of the divine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The atmosphere among those who came to mourn the tragedy was deathly quiet.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

He could have been totally fine, or he could have gotten deathly ill.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025

As he struggled with a system, which aimed to preserve secrecy and deepen separation, he didn’t know about a deathly further dimension to the institutional inhumanity.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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