MORTALLY

adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.

2.
adv.

In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. I was mortally brought forth. Shak.

3.
adv.

In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous. Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. Bacon.


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