fatally
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatally in British English:
UK ['feɪtəlɪ]
How to pronounce fatally in American English:
US [ˈfetlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- with fatal consequences or implications
Word Origin
- fatally (adv.)
- 1570s, "predestined," from fatal + -ly (2). Meaning "in a deadly manner" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Bullets kill both parents and fatally wound the dog .
- 2. The iraq war and the credit bubble have fatally undermined america 's economic primacy .
- 3. Small investors are often portrayed as the " dumb money " in markets , doomed to buy just before a crash and fatally drawn into buying fashionable sectors like technology funds in the late 1990s .