mortally
adverb
mor·tal·ly
ˈmȯr-tᵊl-ē 
1
: in a deadly or fatal manner : to death
mortally wounded
2
: to an extreme degree : intensely
mortally afraid
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of mortally in a Sentence
I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before.
Recent Examples on the Web
Christopher Hendrickson of Vista was mortally wounded about 1 p.m. Thursday when his Suzuki motorcycle collided with a Subaru hatchback on Hacienda Drive, just south of state Route 78 and east of College Boulevard, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
The 14-year-old girl was found mortally wounded at the scene and was taken to Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 May 2024
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
The 14-year-old girl was found mortally wounded at the scene and was taken to Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 May 2024
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortally. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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