mentally

adverb

men·​tal·​ly ˈmen-tᵊl-ē 

1

: in the mind

Mentally he promised himself that he would never again use a collar on any living creature.

—Brian Jacques

: using the mind

able to mentally calculate large sums

2

: with regard to the mind or its capacity

physically and mentally healthy people

a mentally competent adult

a mentally challenging activity

… if you try to hide the fact that you feel mentally inadequate, and so go around making jokes about your own dullness and acting as if it didn't bother you at all …

—David Foster Wallace

I felt too hungry and tired and mentally overloaded to ask any more questions.

—Rick Riordan

Examples of mentally in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In real life, the Barnett parents alleged Natalia was violent, mentally ill, plotted to kill the entire family and was scamming them by playing pretend. —Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025

Emphasize the power of emotional intelligence, your ability to bring solutions rather than problems and strong resilience: your focus on remaining mentally healthy under constant work pressure. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

The break was desperately needed — physically and mentally — as the Sharks have won just five of 27 games since trading goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 9. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025

Not just in your physical position, but mentally too. —Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mentally

• mentally retarded

Rhymes for mentally

• accidentally
• detrimentally
• fundamentally
• governmentally
• incidentally
• incrementally
• instrumentally
• sentimentally
• temperamentally
• coincidentally
• environmentally
• experimentally