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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.);
- Example: "a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle"


The 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. [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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"