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deathly

[deth-lee] / ˈdɛθ li /




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Lawren Babek had three cats when she went on a first date in 2008 with a man who said he was deathly allergic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

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

Sure, but whatever one feels about the ethics of “Emilia Pérez,” the bigger problem, for me, is that it quickly begins to take itself deathly seriously.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Wrung to exhaustion and deathly pale, he slid from Seabiscuit’s back.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand