mortally

English

Etymology

From Middle English mortally, equivalent to mortal +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːtəli/

Adverb

mortally (comparative more mortally, superlative most mortally)

Fatally; in such a way as to cause death. [from 14th c.]
The king was mortally wounded in the battle.
(obsolete) As a mortal. [16th–17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […]

Translations

lethally — see lethally

as a mortal

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