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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The 23-year-old man then fired a gun at Phillips, mortally wounding him.
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Aug. 2025
The responding officers who found Rose mortally wounded also heard additional gunfire coming from a nearby CVS pharmacy.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Here was an example of humans’ chopping, razing, paving, crushing ways that have mortally wounded the natural world.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was mortally wounded while responding.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Aug. 2025
The responding officers who found Rose mortally wounded also heard additional gunfire coming from a nearby CVS pharmacy.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Here was an example of humans’ chopping, razing, paving, crushing ways that have mortally wounded the natural world.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was mortally wounded while responding.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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 5 Sep. 2025.
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