deathly

1. 1.

   having the physical appearance of death

   “a deathly pallor”

   Synonymsdeathlike

   Similardead
2. 2.

   causing or capable of causing death

   “a fatal accident”

   “a deadly enemy”

   “mortal combat”

   “a mortal illness”

   Synonymsdeadlymortal

   Similarfatal

1. 1.

   to a degree resembling death

   “he was deathly pale”
2. 2.

   to an extreme degree

   “extremely cold”

   “extremely unpleasant”

   “she is super smart”

   “the night was deathly cold”

   “as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes”

   Synonymsextremelyexceedinglysuper

Other forms of deathly

comparative

deathlier·

superlative

deathliest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deathly

What does deathly mean?

deathly means "having the physical appearance of death". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deathly?

deathly has 2 syllables: death-ly. The stress falls on "death". In IPA it is /ˈdɛθli/.

What is another word for deathly?

Close synonyms include deathlike, deadly, mortal, extremely, exceedingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deathly a common word?

deathly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.