Meaning of MORTALLY
| Pronunciation: | | m'ortulee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.); "a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle" |
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| | Definition: | | \Mor"tal*ly\, adv.
1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally
wounded.
2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.
I was mortally brought forth. --Shak.
3. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing
death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.
Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and
artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel.
--Bacon.
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