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deathly

/ˈdeθ.li/

Translation

adj, adv
sepulcral
a deathly silence
un silencio sepulcral
como un muerto
I touched her and she was deathly cold
La toqué y estaba tan fría como un muerto
como una tumba
That place was deathly quiet
El lugar era tranquilo como una tumba
(Definition of deathly adj, adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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