1
: in a way determined by fate
2
: in a manner suggesting fate or an act of fate: such as
a
: in a manner resulting in death : mortally
fatally wounded
b
: beyond repair : irrevocably
c
: in a manner resulting in ruin or evil
it is fatally easy to pass off our prejudices as our opinions—
W. F. Hambly
W. F. Hambly
d
: in a manner that cannot be easily resisted
thinks she is fatally attractive—J. W. Krutch
J. W. KrutchExamples of fatally in a Sentence
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Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning, five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Aside from Mangione, Dickey has notably represented 31-year-old Nicholas Horner, an Iraqi war veteran who was charged with double homicide after being accused of killing a clerk and fatally shooting another man in April 2009 during the robbery of a Subway sandwich shop in Altoona.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The arrest concluded a massive search for the masked man who fatally shot Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan on Dec. 4.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
That gun matched three shell casings found outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4, New York police said Wednesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Aside from Mangione, Dickey has notably represented 31-year-old Nicholas Horner, an Iraqi war veteran who was charged with double homicide after being accused of killing a clerk and fatally shooting another man in April 2009 during the robbery of a Subway sandwich shop in Altoona.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The arrest concluded a massive search for the masked man who fatally shot Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan on Dec. 4.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
That gun matched three shell casings found outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4, New York police said Wednesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Fatally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fatally. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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