Definition of Mortally. Meaning of Mortally. Synonyms of Mortally

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Definition of Mortally

Mortally
Mortally Mor"tal*ly, adv. 1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. 2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. I was mortally brought forth. --Shak. 3. 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.

Meaning of Mortally from wikipedia

- Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. The remains of a former organism normally...
- suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. It may be a mercy killing of mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the...
- English Dictionary for mortal wound is dated 1578 and the first entry for mortally wounded is dated 1569. Pre-1569, in the 1390 Melibeus by Geoffrey Chaucer...
- became famous as a U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded while leading his brigade during the fighting at Little Round Top...
- Laertes is Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father...
- in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was mortally wounded while fighting against the British Army during the Battle of Camden...
- narrow knife used during the High Middle Ages to deliver mercy killings to mortally wounded knights, as it was designed to be thin enough to strike through...
- He is best known for his lingering death and secret burial after being mortally wounded during a robbery. Little is known of John Hamilton's life prior...
- Empire in the Thirty Years' War. A supporter of the Catholic League, he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Lützen fighting the Protestant forces under...
- Corrie after she was mortally injured by the Israeli bulldozer...