as in terribly
to a great degree
I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before
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Recent Examples of mortally
A day earlier, a crash on state Route 163 in Linda Vista mortally injured a motorist.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
The cat was mortally struck by the vehicle, according to AGFC assistant chief of communications Trey Reid.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
Then, the season finale ends with time reversing to the beginning of the episode, where Piper and Prue (Shannen Doherty) are left mortally wounded.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Tortora eventually fights back and is acquitted, but he’s been mortally wounded.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
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The first indicator is oftentimes a lack of water flow from faucets when the weather is extremely cold.—
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Skeeter, 36, serves as the Hornets’ player development coach and is also the primary person who works extremely closely with star guard LaMelo Ball.—
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The senior administration official said the transfer would happen quickly because Venezuela’s crude is very heavy, which means it can’t be stored for long.—
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Pipes and sewers can be very dangerous for pets and wildlife and Roto-Rooter, with specialized equipment and personnel, has become a go-to call to save cats, dogs, turtles and more.—
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The pork was incredibly tender and juicy, with a bold but balanced mix of spices that didn’t overpower each other.—
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These kind of creative environments are so incredibly inspiring to me.—
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In the ninth century, a severely disabled woman was buried, her feet bound, in an annex of the church in Elsau, outside Zürich.—
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The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.—
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Beachcombing is highly discouraged!—
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Or maybe because Jake isn’t as highly touted across 2026 NBA Draft boards.—
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How do the Chiefs fall behind that badly in any passing statistic when Patrick Mahomes is the quarterback throwing the football?—
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The area was badly burned, but still Simpson noticed green sprouts peeking out of the ashy soil and from the branches of trees that the average passerby might assume were dead.—
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With the offices too small for his liking, Vince converted the executive conference room into his personal suite.—
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortally. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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