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# mortally

adverb

«mortally» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/#m1)
2. (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and battle stories a hero or beast is hurt so badly that it will die; the phrase «mortally afraid» shows great fear

### Examples

- Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/#x1)
- The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/#x2)
- The poor old woman was mortally afraid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes how badly someone is hurt, not an amount.

## In Jewish tradition

It means hitting a person so that he dies, or hitting an animal so that it dies.

**Interpretation.** The law says life is precious. A killer is put to death, and a person who kills an animal pays for it, "life for life." The cities of refuge protect those who kill by accident.

### Examples

- And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. (Torah LEV.24.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mortally/#x1)
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mortally/#x2)
- But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities; (Torah DEU.19.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mortally/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes how badly someone is hurt, not an amount.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mortally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mortally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mortally.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mortally» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mortally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mortally» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mortally.html) on Mova free.