Mortally
['mɔrtəli]
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
(adv.) In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.
(adv.) In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.
(adv.) In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.
Typist: Owen
Examples
- And she is mortally offended with Mr. Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It said that Miss Rachel was mortally offended with you, for the part you had taken in trying to recover her jewel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Paul cast at these implements; he hated them mortally, considering sewing a source of distraction from the attention due to himself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dusk The wretched wife of the innocent man thus doomed to die, fell under the sentence, as if she had been mortally stricken. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- So mortally did I fear the sin and weakness of presumption. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My father had once been a favourite of hers, I believe; but she was mortally affronted by his marriage, on the ground that my mother was 'a wax doll'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mortally: after all, it's tough work fagging away at a language with no master but a lexicon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was very soft-hearted many years ago, and his wife was mortally jealous of Mrs. Amelia, then and long afterwards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Yes, I said, the housekeeper and I both did our best--but the dog was mortally wounded, and he died under our hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- General Oglesby was badly, it was for some time supposed mortally, wounded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was mortally afraid she'd ask me to go with her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was mortally jealous of me, and persisted in barking at me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In this engagement the intrepid Wadsworth while trying to rally his men was mortally wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A third Indian, mortally wounded, was sinking at the feet of a man whose back was towards me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Franklin said those words with a sudden heat and vehemence, as if the Sergeant had mortally offended him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And I come back from my travels, and find her mortally offended with me still. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He hated the fact, mortally. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Explain it how you may, I felt as if one or both of them had mortally offended me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She mortally hated work, and loved what she called pleasurebeing an insipid, heartless, brainless dissipation of time. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Owen