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Definition of Mortally
1. Adverb. 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"
Definition of Mortally
1. adv. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.
Definition of Mortally
1. Adverb. In a mortal manner. ¹
2. Adverb. Of one who has been wounded, fatally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mortally
1. fatally [adv] - See also: fatally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortally
Literary usage of Mortally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... who showed symptoms of fight, but two or three minutes served to settle their
accounts ; two were killed, one mortally wounded, and three captured. ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"Murray at this time was mortally wounded, and Murray the command of the Engineers
... i» • ill mortally Then the brave, the hot-tempered Colonel Tylden ..."
3. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, Isaac Shelby (1881)
"Ferguson's Pride and Recklessness—Attempting to Escape, is mortally Wounded. ...
He was mortally Wounded, not Killed Out-Right.— Curiosity of the Whigs to ..."
4. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Another, mortally wounded, faced his assailant, who was coming to scalp him,
shooting the savage either through fatigue, or, more probably, an intemperate ..."
5. The Flowers of History, Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain by Matthew Paris (1853)
"And the count acting foolishly, went forth from the city; but he fell among the
first, mortally wounded, and his comrades were completely routed. ..."
6. The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns: With Some Account of the Corcoran by David Power Conyngham (1867)
"General Richardson mortally wounded.—Brigade encamped on Bolivar Heights.—Review
by the President.—Army again on tho march.—Promotions in the Brigade. ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Mr. Croker asserts, that " the shot which mortally wounded the Duke of Grafton
is said to have been fired by a blacksmith from a forge in ' Old Port Office ..."
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