Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "dodelik" is:
byvoeglike naamwoord: veroorsaak of in staat om die dood te veroorsaak; dodelik
bywoord: op 'n manier wat die dood suggereer of lyk; asof dood
His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires the thick eyebrows that met over the nose now seemed like a heaving bar of white-hot metal.
The veins in her face stood out from her deathly pale, sunken skin.
Then they sit in deathly silence around the fire, waiting expectantly for Tarkyn to say something.
He stood there, furious, gasping for breath, his long black hair framing a deathly white face, his amber eyes burning.
When he lands, he is deathly pale and barely breathing.
It was with a deathly grip that she withdrew the luscious treasure.
He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew too well.
Many in the pack had become deathly afraid of it, and some began to voice their concerns about us selling something so dangerous.
At the bottom there was a dark, tunnel-like passage, through which came a deathly, sickly odour, the odour of old earth newly turned.
Then, deathly slow, it unfolded itself into a tall and looming figure.
