mortally

«mortally» in Mova's school dictionary: sure to follow: «mortally wounded» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded». tree →

2) (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and battle stories a hero or beast is hurt so badly that it will die; the phrase «mortally afraid» shows great fear

examples

• Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down. tree →
• The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her. tree →
• The poor old woman was mortally afraid. tree →

note

nothing for maths; it describes how badly someone is hurt, not an amount.

In the corpora

• And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
• And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mortally» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.