MEANING
Resembling death in stillness, silence, pallor, or apparent absence of life.
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- deathlike stillness
- deathlike pallor
- deathlike silence
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A deathlike stillness filled the chamber.
Her deathlike pallor alarmed the attendants.
The courtyard sank into deathlike silence.
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- deathlike
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: More/most deathlike where comparison is needed; no ordinary -er/-est forms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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