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mortally
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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. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB wounded ▪ Official figures do not usually include animals that escape or are released from the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.); "a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 fatally; in such a way as to cause death. (from 14th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) As a mortal. (16th-17th c.)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mortally \Mor"tal*ly\, adv. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. I was mortally brought forth. --Shak. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to the death; resulting in death," also "bitterly, intensely," from mortal (adj.) + -ly (2).
Usage examples of mortally.
For that matter, I had once remarked to Kubilai that I thought most of his ministers were misemployed, and that word could have got back to them, and every single one of them might be mortally peeved at me.
He was still moving when the mortally wounded Pict leapt into the open.
As the armorer was restringing his bow, one of the natives shot an arrow at him, and he fell, mortally wounded.
Behind Hiraga, five of his friends were duelling with the other four samurai, one shishi was already dead, one helpless on the ground mortally wounded and another, screaming with bloodlust, misjudging his adversary, slipped on the body of a sobbing bearer, and took a terrible cut in his side.
Therefore, if anyone, while in mortal sin, receives this sacrament, he purchases damnation, by sinning mortally.
This young royster did mortally hate this poore man, insomuch that he would kill his sheepe, steale his oxen, and spoyle his corne and other fruits before the time of ripenesse, yet was he not contented with this, but he would encroch upon the poore mans ground, and clayme all the heritage as his owne.
Maggie had insisted that Miss Abernethy would be mortally insulted by a food basket.
When, a few years later, Webb became mortally ill, Adams was at his bedside keeping watch through several nights before his death.
England mortally cankered with social discontent were not grounded in a surprising familiarity with backstairs morale.
It ended in favour of Napoleon, but he and France paid dearly for it: while General Kirschner and Duroc were talking together the former was killed by a cannon-ball, which mortally wounded the latter in the abdomen.
He had been fetched by a comrade who, working late on the wharf, had heard from a negro belonging to a lancha, that Captain Fidanza had been brought ashore mortally wounded.
In spite of the impatience of a lover, the first hour of expectation passes rapidly, but the second is mortally long.
Therefore, if anyone, while in mortal sin, receives this sacrament, he purchases damnation, by sinning mortally.
And therefore it is manifest that whoever receives this sacrament while in mortal sin, is guilty of lying to this sacrament, and consequently of sacrilege, because he profanes the sacrament: and therefore he sins mortally.
Veriteans would be best since if he mortally assaults you, your virt projection can be programmed to translate the damage into thrusting you from the site.