Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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deathly

/ˈdɛθli/ adjective, adverb

Forms deathlier deathliest

  1. adjective Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death. “He has a deathly pallor.”
  2. adjective Deadly, fatal, causing death.
  3. adjective Extreme. “He has a deathly fear of crocodiles.”
  4. adverb In a way that resembles death. “He was deathly pale.”
  5. adverb Extremely, dreadfully. “The water was deathly cold.”

Synonyms

deathlike deadly mortal

Etymology

From Middle English dethlich, from Old English dēaþlīċ, equivalent to death + -ly.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
  2. adverb Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deathly”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details