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

Salazar, 21, and Martinez, 24, walked up, and said no more than a handful of words before Benitez Sanchez abruptly pulled out a handgun and fired repeatedly at the two, mortally wounding them. —Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024

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. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1