Mor"tal*ly, adv.

1.

In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.

2.

In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.

I was mortally brought forth. Shak.

3.

In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.

Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. Bacon.

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