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mortally
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial mortally has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
mortally, adv.
- In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. [1913 Webster]
- In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. [1913 Webster]"I was mortally brought forth." [1913 Webster]
- In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous. [1913 Webster]"Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel." [1913 Webster]
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