mortally
adverb/ˈmɔrtəli/
Frequency rank: #16,463 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
in a way that causes death; fatally
Example sentence
The soldier was mortally wounded in the final battle and did not survive the night.
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