deathliness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English dethliknesse, from Old English dēaþlīcnes, equivalent to deathly + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being deathly.
The deathliness of Hirst’s garden paintings conveys the dire truth about Frieze.
2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Relateds
deadly · dead · deathlike · deadliness