deathly

Synonyms for deathly

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Antonyms for deathly

adjective. ghostly

adjective. ghostly

adjective. deadly

Word Origin & History

Old English deaþlic "mortal" (see death). Meaning "deadly" is from late 12c.; that of "death-like" is from 1560s.

His face was colourless, almost fierce; his forehead was deathly white.

Slowly the colour ebbed from Rohan's face, leaving it deathly pale.

She drew back and said no more, a deathly pallor overspreading her face.

But he still had to lean on a chair, and his face was deathly pale.

He had wondered why the progress of the light had been so deathly slow.

That old Tavern office had never been so deathly still before.

But the face of the woman who was gazing upon it was deathly white.

The minister paused—the silence was so deathly that it appalled him.

There was something awful in the quality of this deathly silence.

Mrs. Astley-Rolfe was deathly white, but perfectly composed.