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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Officers who arrived at the scene found 30-year-old Justin Burton mortally wounded, lying in a pool of his blood.
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Police arrived to find Olivia Beltran lying mortally wounded on a balcony while her daughter stood next to her with a knife.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
In April, 1878, Dodge City marshal Ed Masterson was mortally wounded while attempting to disarm an inebriated cowboy.
—Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
A day earlier, a crash on state Route 163 in Linda Vista mortally injured a motorist.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Police arrived to find Olivia Beltran lying mortally wounded on a balcony while her daughter stood next to her with a knife.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
In April, 1878, Dodge City marshal Ed Masterson was mortally wounded while attempting to disarm an inebriated cowboy.
—Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
A day earlier, a crash on state Route 163 in Linda Vista mortally injured a motorist.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortally. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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