mortally
UK/ˈmɔːtəli/
mortally adverb: fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
Adverb
mortally (comparative more mortally, superlative most mortally)
- Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
- Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 313
- As a mortal.
- And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
mortally meaning in Urdu
mortally in Urdu
- بہ شدت, جانی, کارگر, کاری
Forms of mortally
| comparative | more mortally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mortally |
Origin of mortally
From Middle English mortally, equivalent to mortal + -ly.
Words formed from mortally
Questions about mortally
- What does mortally mean?
- Mortally means fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
- What is mortally in Urdu?
- Mortally in Urdu is بہ شدت, جانی, کارگر. See Mortally meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mortally?
- Mortally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce mortally?
- Mortally is pronounced /ˈmɔːtəli/ (UK).
Words near mortally in the dictionary
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