Fatally
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 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 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."
- 1 with fatal consequences or implications wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom was texting his boss to let him know that he'd be late for work when he ran into a woman on a bicycle, fatally injuring her."
Etymology
From fatal + -ly.
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