• (British) IPA: /ˈdɛθli/

deathly (comparative deathlier, superlative deathliest)

1. Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.

   He has a deathly pallor.

   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed [by Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744 ↗, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.010001278703;view=1up;seq=128 page 120]:

     I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.

2. Deadly, fatal, causing death.
3. Extreme.

   He has a deathly fear of crocodiles.

• German: tödlich
• Russian: смерте́льный

• German: tödlich
• Russian: смерте́льный

• Russian: смерте́льный

deathly

1. In a way that resembles death.

   He was deathly pale.

2. Extremely, dreadfully.

   The water was deathly cold.

   He was deathly afraid of crocodiles.