Fatally

//ˈfeɪtəli// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a deadly manner; lethally.

    "Witness our too much memorable shame When Cressy battle fatally was struck, And all our princes captiv'd by the hand Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales;"

  2. 2
    Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.

    "Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision."

  3. 3
    Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom.

    "He was a slender young man in hot black clothes; he wore the unfaçaded collar fatally and unanimously adopted by all adam's-apple men of morals; he was washed, fair, flat-skulled, clean-minded, and industrious; and the only noise of any kind he ever made in the world was on Sunday."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with fatal consequences or implications wordnet

Etymology

From fatal + -ly.

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