Mortall vs. Mortally

Mortall vs. Mortally — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mortall and Mortally

Mortalladjective

obsolete spelling of mortal

Mortallyadjective

Liable or subject to death; not immortal

mortal beings.

Mortallnoun

obsolete spelling of mortal

Mortallyadjective

Of or relating to humans as being subject to death

"When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" (Shakespeare).

Mortallyadjective

Causing death; fatal

a mortal wound.

Mortallyadjective

Fought to the death

mortal combat.
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Mortallyadjective

Relentlessly hostile; implacable

a mortal enemy.

Mortallyadjective

Of great intensity or severity; dire

mortal terror.

Mortallyadjective

Conceivable; imaginable

no mortal reason for us to go.

Mortallyadjective

Used as an intensive

a mortal fool.

Mortallynoun

A human.

Mortallyadverb

Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.

The king was mortally wounded in the battle.
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Mortallyadverb

(obsolete) As a mortal.

Mortallyadverb

in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.);

a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle