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fatally
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be mortally/fatally wounded ▪ On that same day, he was mortally wounded by an assassin. fatally/fundamentally/deeply etc flawed ▪ The research behind this report is seriously flawed. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a fatal manner; lethally. 2 Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "predestined," from fatal + -ly (2). Meaning "in a deadly manner" is from 1590s.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fatally \Fa"tal*ly\, adv. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. --Bentley. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.
Usage examples of fatally.
The irruptions of the Goths, under the reign of Philip, fatally convinced them of their mistake.
Alaric acquired, in the school of Theodosius, the knowledge of the art of war, which he afterwards so fatally exerted for the destruction of Rome.
On this memorable occasion, Sidonius, whose early ambition had been so fatally blasted, appeared as the orator of Auvergne, among the provincial deputies who addressed the throne with congratulations or complaints.
But the lieutenant of Chosroes had fatally mistaken the intentions of his master.
Ingleby describes a case of fibrous tumor of the uterus terminating fatally, but not until three weeks after delivery.
The patient was a woman of thirty-six, in her eighth month of pregnancy, who was suddenly seized with eclampsia, which terminated fatally in ten hours.
There are many cases on record, some terminating fatally from strangulation or exposure to traumatism.
A somewhat similar case, but which terminated fatally, is recorded in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences of July, 1882.
A somewhat analogous case, though not ending fatally, was reported by Hertz of a woman of twenty-six, who was anesthetized for the extraction of the right second inferior molar.
It is quite possible that, being an operation of a serious nature, it is never performed early enough, the patient being fatally weakened by inanition.
It was supposed that in pulling on the boots each of the subsequent owners had scratched himself and became fatally inoculated with the venom, which was unsuspected and not combated.
Yeo says that sexual intercourse occasionally induces epilepsy, and relates a case in which a severe epileptic fit terminated fatally three days after the seizure, which occurred on the nuptial night.
The disease is associated with the symptoms incident to a disordered nervous system and sometimes results fatally, in other cases, it terminates in melancholy and mania.
When the disease terminates fatally, there is delirium followed by stupor.
My desire is to restore them to the blessings of law and liberty, equally enjoyed by every British subject, which they have fatally and desperately exchanged for all the calamities of war, and the arbitrary tyranny of their chiefs.