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1
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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2
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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“Deathly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathly. Accessed 19 Jan. 2022.
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