mortally

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mortally - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mortally \Mor"tal*ly\, adv.
     1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally
        wounded.
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     2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.
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              I was mortally brought forth.         --Shak.
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     3. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing
        death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.
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              Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and
              artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel.
                                                    --Bacon.
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mortally - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mortally
      adv 1: 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"