mortally
adverb
mor·tal·ly
ˈmȯr-tᵊl-ē 
1
: in a deadly or fatal manner : to death
mortally wounded
2
: to an extreme degree : intensely
mortally afraid
Examples of mortally in a Sentence
I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before.
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She was met with a horrifying sight: her son, bleeding and mortally wounded.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Read says Boston-area first responders conspired to frame her for the Keefe's death in January 2022, when the former police officer was found mortally wounded outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
One of his bullets sailed half a block down Fox St., hitting the young 6th grader in the stomach, mortally wounding her.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
However, he's also mortally wounded in the process and dies on the scene.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Read says Boston-area first responders conspired to frame her for the Keefe's death in January 2022, when the former police officer was found mortally wounded outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
One of his bullets sailed half a block down Fox St., hitting the young 6th grader in the stomach, mortally wounding her.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
However, he's also mortally wounded in the process and dies on the scene.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortally. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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