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View definitions for deathly

deathly

adjective as in suggesting end of life

adjective as in fatal

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I’d like to think that soon after Nov. 5, this deathly pallor will lift, but we all must be prepared for all the ugly efforts after the election to deny the will of the people.

From Salon

It is a game involving the hottest league in America, yet the atmosphere on Figueroa is deathly cold.

The other reason I agreed to this date is my deathly fear of aging and losing my attractiveness to men.

“As soon as I sat down in that chair for the first screen I was deathly terrified,” he said, re-spiraling in real time.

“I was deathly afraid. I didn’t know about anything else but living here.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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