Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mortally
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɹtəli]
Pronunciations of mortally
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r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mortally
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • We had a mortally slow journey.
  • It was about this time that Jackson himself was mortally wounded.
  • But, as he mortally feared these shafts, it became impossible for him to invent a tale he felt he could trust.
  • He makes no secret of being mortally afraid of her, and when I ask what harm she can do him that she hasn't already done he simply repeats: 'I'm afraid, I'm afraid!
  • One party, led by Lord Grandison, was indeed beaten off, and the commander himself mortally wounded: another, conducted by Colonel Bellasis, met with a like fate: but Washington, with a less party, finding a place in the curtain weaker than the rest, broke in, and quickly made room for the horse to follow.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, License CC BY-SA 4.0