Antonyms for deathly
ˈdɛθ lideath·ly

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1. deathlike, deathlyadjective

   having the physical appearance of death

   "a deathly pallor"

   Antonyms:
   live, nonfatal, alive(p)

   Synonyms:
   deathlike, mortal, deadly

2. deadly, deathly, mortaladverb

   causing or capable of causing death

   "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

   Antonyms:
   nonfatal, live, alive(p)

   Synonyms:
   mortal, baneful, venomous, pestilent, lethal, virulent, deadly, deathlike, pernicious, mortal(a)

3. deathlyadverb

   to a degree resembling death

   "he was deathly pale"

   Antonyms:
   nonfatal, alive(p), live

How to use deathly in a sentence?

1. Nathan Berning:

   We were deathly afraid we were going to get turned away at the gate.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   apparitions of stick people torment me, of skeletal phantoms walking in rain deathly dead stick arms upraised to the gods. i knew one such apparition once, cheated of life by a diseased society intent upon deprivation of body and soul, identity as we would have it. i am haunted at times by what could have been.

3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.

4. Earl Woods:

   My dad was always the person who would plant seeds and give me encouragement but also would say things that would fester inside me that wouldn't come to fruition for a while, he was very worldly and deep in his thinking. My mom was the enforcer. My dad may have been in the Special Forces, but I was never afraid of him. My mom's still here, and I'm still deathly afraid of her. She's a very tough, tough old lady, very demanding. She was the hand, she was the one, I love her so much, but she was tough.

5. Arlen Macpherson:

   I'm deathly afraid of sharks and I love to surf, i needed a greater level of comfort in the water.

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