Fatally Full definition of fatally Adverb In a fatal manner; lethally . 1599: William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry V http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=487393672&tag=Shakespeare,+William,+1564-1616:+The+Life+of+King+Henry+V,+1599&query=+fatally&id=MobHen5 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; 1918: H. B. Irving, A Book of Remarkable Criminals http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=372961222&tag=Irving,+H.B.:+A+Book+of+Remarkable+Criminals,+1918&query=+fatally&id=IrvBook He told Peace that he did not believe his statement that he had fired the pistol merely to frighten the constable; had not Robinson guarded his head with his arm he would have been wounded fatally , and Peace condemned to death. Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability , moving towards the demise of something. 2012, April 15 , Phil McNulty , Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , 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. 1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=619159980&textreg=1&query=+fatally&id=ThoWald "They pretend," as I hear, "that the verses of Kabir have four different senses; illusion, spirit, intellect, and the exoteric doctrine of the Vedas;" but in this part of the world it is considered a ground for complaint if a man's writings admit of more than one interpretation. While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally ? Fatedly ; according to the dictates of fate or doom .© Wiktionary
