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as in deadly
of, relating to, or suggestive of death
his deathly pallor suggested that any attempt to find a pulse would be futile
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as in lethal
likely to cause or capable of causing death
smallpox is one deathly disease that medical science has been able to conquer
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Recent Examples of deathly
For all of those thousands of collegiate Olympians past and present, the roar of the football crowd will be drowned out by the deathly silence of their shuttered programs.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Gomez has co-led the Hulu series alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short since its 2021 debut, as a band of neighbors who join forces to solve deathly mysteries unfolding around them.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 July 2024
The deathly gossip started as St. Patrick’s Day rumo(u)rs that the BBC was on standby for an announcement from the royal family and government buildings were flying flags at half-mast.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
While attempting to return to their present, a cryptic force emerges and traps them on a strange plot of land, giving them a deathly ultimatum in order to escape.
—Caroline Brew, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The chill of her announcement is accentuated by Muhly’s orchestration, in which bass clarinet, contrabassoon, harp, and cello perform a deathly turn from E major to G minor.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Then we were warned that the friend, despite being a licensed psychiatrist, has a deathly and obsessive terror of dogs.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
There was a deathly silence at the table, Jared recalls.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
For one, the bees that buzzed throughout several of the episodes are seemingly a symbol of Anthony's deathly fear of following in his father's footsteps and dying young from a bee sting.
—Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 12 Jan. 2021
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Gomez has co-led the Hulu series alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short since its 2021 debut, as a band of neighbors who join forces to solve deathly mysteries unfolding around them.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 July 2024
The deathly gossip started as St. Patrick’s Day rumo(u)rs that the BBC was on standby for an announcement from the royal family and government buildings were flying flags at half-mast.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
While attempting to return to their present, a cryptic force emerges and traps them on a strange plot of land, giving them a deathly ultimatum in order to escape.
—Caroline Brew, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The chill of her announcement is accentuated by Muhly’s orchestration, in which bass clarinet, contrabassoon, harp, and cello perform a deathly turn from E major to G minor.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Then we were warned that the friend, despite being a licensed psychiatrist, has a deathly and obsessive terror of dogs.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
There was a deathly silence at the table, Jared recalls.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
For one, the bees that buzzed throughout several of the episodes are seemingly a symbol of Anthony's deathly fear of following in his father's footsteps and dying young from a bee sting.
—Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 12 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathly
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Still, Penny grabbed him from behind and put him in a deadly chokehold.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Assad's downfall, if it's confirmed, also marks the latest stunning development in one of the deadliest civil wars of the 21st century.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Underwood, 44, is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on December 19.Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The state allows prisoners to choose their preferred method of execution: lethal injection or gas chamber.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
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The crime, again, is that Harrison shot his dad in the heart, a mortal blow that, at the time, neither one of them did anything to alleviate.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
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The mythical scenes depict the goddess of love, Venus, with her mortal lover, Adonis, as well as Hippolytus, son of Theseus, who rejected his stepmother Phaedra’s romantic advances.Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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The report was released a day after a fatal school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, which left one student and one teacher dead, and six others injured, along with the suspect.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Turner, 40, was sentenced in Kenton County Circuit Court on Monday to 12½ years in prison for her role in the August 2023 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Seth Burns.Quinlan Bentley, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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After a long bout of gruff banter, Frank gets personal, invoking his dead son, Joseph.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Russell Wilson experiment in Denver was such a failure that he was eventually cut from the team, despite the financial ramifications: the Broncos incurred $85 million in dead salary over the 2024 and 2025 seasons by releasing Wilson, the largest dead cap hit in league history.Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Deathly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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