mortally

English

Etymology

From mortal +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɔːtəli/

Adverb

mortally (comparative more mortally, superlative most mortally)

1. Fatally; in such a way as to cause death. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) As a mortal. [16th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:

     And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […].