mentally

adverb

men·tal·ly ˈmen-tᵊl-ē

: 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

: 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

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In 2005, when the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Gull's finding that Corcoran was competent, then-Justice Robert Rucker wrote in a dissenting opinion that Corcoran is seriously mentally ill. —

Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024 Loading your audio article OAKLAND — A man charged joining another man to beat their victim to death with a mallet and a bicycle may not be mentally competent for trial, according to court records. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 More:After the fatal shooting of a mentally ill man, Milwaukee police promised better training. —

Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024 Consider this a chance to mentally prepare for the bigger, bolder moves to come. —

Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mentally