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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Police said four shots rang out, leaving Salazar mortally injured, and his brother and another man suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Chiron recalled that six years ago, Zeus ordered him to lie and say that the Furies had mortally wounded Thalia and that Zeus spared her life.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Don Bolles' legacy at The Arizona Republic Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, 47, was mortally wounded when a bomb went off underneath his car at a hotel in Phoenix on June 2, 1976.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Good, 37, had dropped off her 6-year-old son at school before she was mortally wounded, according to witnesses and city officials.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Chiron recalled that six years ago, Zeus ordered him to lie and say that the Furies had mortally wounded Thalia and that Zeus spared her life.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Don Bolles' legacy at The Arizona Republic Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, 47, was mortally wounded when a bomb went off underneath his car at a hotel in Phoenix on June 2, 1976.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Good, 37, had dropped off her 6-year-old son at school before she was mortally wounded, according to witnesses and city officials.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mortally
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortally. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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