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Another word for deathly

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Adjective

  1. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death

    See also:

    live

  2. Causing or tending to cause death

    See also:

    live

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Another word for deathly

Modifier
  1. See also:

    pale

    dull

    dead

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Sentence Examples

  • The room was deathly silent as she finished.

  • The belief in a species of lady fairies, deathly to their human lovers, was found by R.

  • And as if in accord with Rostov's feeling, there was a deathly stillness amid which was heard the Emperor's voice.

  • Nighy is set to play the part of Rufus Scrimgeor in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, for which the first part is set for release in 2010 and the second part in 2011.

  • Radcliffe will also appear in the sixth and seventh installments of the film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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