Definition of terminally in English:
terminally
adverb ˈtəːmɪn(ə)liˈtərmənəli
1In a way that is predicted to lead to death; incurably.
terminally diseased trees
Example sentencesExamples
- She has recently returned home to care for her terminally ill mother.
- The heroic doctor is tending to the terminally injured Marshal.
- When she learns her young son is terminally ill, she attempts reconciliation with her own estranged father.
- He would have a cleaner conscience than the homeopaths and other quacks who currently prey on the terminally sick.
- He has an interview with the terminally ailing Queen in Kensington Palace Gardens, and all looks hopeful.
- 1.1informal In an extreme manner that is beyond cure or alteration.
Arsenal's loss has terminally damaged their title bid
terminally bored employees
Example sentencesExamples
- Now I know just about everyone in the world is a fan of this film, but I was terminally bored by it.
- The album's focus blurs, but not terminally so.
- Almost all of the guests are terminally self-obsessed.
- 'Untidy' results were ignored or suppressed and as a result, scientific thinking itself was rendered terminally short-sighted.
- "Sometimes it's hard to get people to listen to one another, especially when they feel that the person talking is terminally stupid," he says.
Definition of terminally in US English:
terminally
adverbˈtərmənəlēˈtərmənəli
1In a way that is predicted to lead to death; incurably.
terminally diseased trees
Example sentencesExamples
- The heroic doctor is tending to the terminally injured Marshal.
- She has recently returned home to care for her terminally ill mother.
- He would have a cleaner conscience than the homeopaths and other quacks who currently prey on the terminally sick.
- He has an interview with the terminally ailing Queen in Kensington Palace Gardens, and all looks hopeful.
- When she learns her young son is terminally ill, she attempts reconciliation with her own estranged father.
- 1.1informal In an extreme manner that is beyond cure or alteration.
Arsenal's loss has terminally damaged their title bid
terminally bored employees
Example sentencesExamples
- Now I know just about everyone in the world is a fan of this film, but I was terminally bored by it.
- 'Untidy' results were ignored or suppressed and as a result, scientific thinking itself was rendered terminally short-sighted.
- The album's focus blurs, but not terminally so.
- Almost all of the guests are terminally self-obsessed.
- "Sometimes it's hard to get people to listen to one another, especially when they feel that the person talking is terminally stupid," he says.