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Synonyms for mortally


Grammar : Adv
Spell : mawr-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr tl



Définition of mortally

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to the death; resulting in death," also "bitterly, intensely," from mortal (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • adv fatally
Example sentences :
  • He'd be dead of fright before morning, he's so mortally afraid of ghosts.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • As for the canon, I am afraid I have offended him mortally by sticking up for you.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • The princess had mortally offended her father-in-law's favourite.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • They had evidently been mortally wounded, and died while waiting for help.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • Unless she went warily he might find that out and be mortally offended.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • As he was about to grasp it, he was struck in the breast by a shot, and mortally wounded.
  • Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
  • "There are hopes at any rate that he is not mortally wounded," Edgar said.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • They had on board ten men killed, and eleven (four of them mortally) wounded.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
  • Not mortally, I hope; but whereabouts is he so desperately wounded?
  • Extract from : « The City Bride (1696) » by Joseph Harris
  • In the room above he heard the shriek of a mortally struck man.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

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