Meaning
fatally, mortally
- in a way that causes death; fatally
- to an extreme, intolerable degree (e.g. bored)
In a sentence
Il soldato è stato ferito mortalmente durante lo scontro.
The soldier was fatally wounded during the clash.
Quella conferenza pomeridiana era mortalmente noiosa.
That afternoon lecture was deadly boring.
Si sentiva mortalmente stanco dopo l'interminabile turno di lavoro.
He felt utterly exhausted after the unending work shift.
Usage notes
- Formed with the adverbial suffix -mente from 'mortale'.
- Commonly used hyperbolically with 'annoiato' (mortalmente annoiato = bored to death).