'Mortally' definitions:
Definition of 'mortally'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.); "a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle"
Definition of 'Mortally'
From: GCIDE
- Mortally \Mor"tal*ly\, adv.
- 1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. [1913 Webster]
- I was mortally brought forth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous. [1913 Webster]
- Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]