Mortally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɔːtəli/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Mortally is an adverb meaning Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
Meaning
Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) As a mortal.
Example Sentences
And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […]
Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.'
Word Forms
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Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fatally, deadly, lethally, deathly, dead, killingly.
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