deathly

2 definitions • 6 examples

extreme in a way that is unpleasant:

deathly silence After he had spoken, a deathly silence fell on the room.

deathly hush The artillery bombardment was followed by a deathly hush in the trenches.

deathly quiet Everyone had gone and the house was deathly quiet.

deathly pale She went deathly pale.

seeming like death:

Madeline looked deathly pale.

The crowd was deathly silent.