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mortally, adv.|ˈmɔːtəlɪ|
Also 4–5 mortelly, mortali, mortaily.
[f. mortal a. + -ly2.]
1. In such a manner that death ensues; so as to cause death; † (to fight) to the death.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 308 This scorpioun..Caste vnder this ful mortally to stynge. c1400Brut lxix. 64 Þai fouȝten togeder mortaily. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 21374 And thogh they berke nat On A man, fful mortally they byten kan. 1611Shakes. Cymb. v. iii. 10 The Enemy..strooke downe Some mortally, some slightly touch'd. 1700Dryden Fables Ded. C 1 b, When you were not only dangerously, but in all appearance mortally wounded. 1798Ld. Clare in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 422 None of the parties, however, are hurt mortally. 1839Thirlwall Greece VI. 243 They left him mortally wounded.
2. In reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, disquietude, offence, etc.: Bitterly, grievously, intensely. (Cf. mortal a. 3, 4.)
c1386Chaucer Manciple's T. 209 He wol yow haten mortally [v.r. mortelly], certeyn. 1553Hooper in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1513/2 They hate it mortally, & of all things most detest Gods holy worde. 1625Bacon Ess., Envy ⁋8 Adrian the Emperour, that mortally Enuied Poets, and Painters, and Artificers, in Works, wherein he had a veine to excell. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables xxxviii. 40 Who would have Imagin'd..that the want of a Cap, or a Cringe, should so Mortally Discompose him. 1693Dryden Juvenal Ded. (1697) 89 In Holiday and Stapylton, my Ears..are mortally offended. 1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Sept., I hate these suppers mortally. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre v, Mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 104 Johnson was one of those persons who are mortally hated by their opponents. 1885Manch. Exam. 13 June 5/3 The sober and well-to-do would be mortally offended.
3. In the way of mortal sin (see mortal a.).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 80 b, I graunt my selfe therin to have..offended mortally, commyttynge deedly synne and dampnable. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 142 For which they give this reason, that about that age [viz. seven] one begins to sin mortally.
†4. In the manner of mortals, as a mortal.
1608Shakes. Per. v. i. 105 Yet I was mortally brought forth, and am No other then I appeare.
5. colloq. Extremely, exceedingly, ‘terribly’. (Cf. mortal a. 8.)
1759Rec. Town Counc. Newburgh in A. Laing Lindores Abbey, etc. xxi. (1876) 275 Many become mortally drunk. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 33 His pupil, who seemed to be about the age of three-score, stooped mortally. 1789A. Young Trav. France (1890) 278 The people are in general mortally ugly and dwarfish. 1831Mrs. Carlyle New Lett. (1903) I. 35 It was very stormy, and I was mortally sick the whole twenty four hours. 1883Stevenson Merry Men, Treas. Franchard vi, With swollen eyes and looking mortally sheepish. 1895Crockett Men of Mosshags 37 He was indeed mortally fond of her girdle-cakes. |