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Synonyms for fatally


Grammar : Adv
Spell : feyt-l-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪt l i



Définition of fatally

Origin :
  • 1570s, "predestined," from fatal + -ly (2). Meaning "in a deadly manner" is from 1590s.
  • As in hopelessly : adv giving small ground for hope
Example sentences :
  • Yet he knew that he was not fatally injured if he could stop that mortal drain of his wounds.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • When they disagree they do so fatally, with fire-arms in their hands, and on the public streets.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • If examination once began it must go on, and must, fatally, conduct to doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But it is fatally wanting in the elements of tenderness, beauty, and sympathy.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • But it was only for the moment—and it went down steadily, rapidly, fatally.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Some were fatally wounded, and we carried about six or seven to our house.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • The German armies after this check are fatally doomed to retreat.
  • Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
  • You are wounded, mon brave, and seriously I am afraid, but not fatally—at least I hope not.
  • Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
  • The act was unpardonable, and he soon found it to be fatally so.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 » by Various
  • Besides, just then his own dynasty had been fatally stricken.
  • Extract from : « Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Sutherland Menzies

Antonyms for fatally

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