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
His company commander mortally wounded, David, from Girard, Ohio, handed his radio to his platoon sergeant and started fighting.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
On May 7, 1970, David exited his platoon's defense perimeter and repeatedly drew attention toward himself after an initial enemy assault that mortally wounded his platoon leader and several other service members, according to the Army.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Two policemen were mortally wounded, and Ratliff and Davis were also wounded, Davis severely.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Theodosia shapeshifts into a palace guard and sticks a knife into Desmond Hart, who falls but is not mortally wounded.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
On May 7, 1970, David exited his platoon's defense perimeter and repeatedly drew attention toward himself after an initial enemy assault that mortally wounded his platoon leader and several other service members, according to the Army.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Two policemen were mortally wounded, and Ratliff and Davis were also wounded, Davis severely.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Theodosia shapeshifts into a palace guard and sticks a knife into Desmond Hart, who falls but is not mortally wounded.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortally. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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