- 1. a. Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive. Source: opted
- 2. adv. Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick. Source: opted
- 3. adj. having the physical appearance of death Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. causing or capable of causing death Source: wordnet
- 5. adv. to a degree resembling death Source: wordnet
- 6. adv. to an extreme degree Source: wordnet
- 7. Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive. Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick. death%27s-head">DEATH'S-HEAD Death's"-head`, n. A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. Shak. Death's-head moth (Zoöl.), a very large European moth (Acherontia atropos), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also death's-head sphinx. DEATH'S-HERB Death's"-herb`, n. The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior. Source: webster
- 8. r:11/j:89 r. to a degree resembling death Source: ecdict
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