capitally
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of capitally
Example Sentences
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The majority of executions carried out in the present day are from ’90s-era cases that wouldn’t be capitally prosecuted in 2022, Dunham said.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
Types are an attractive study to theologians; biblical stories—like that of Jonah and the whale, for instance—which, taken in a plain and natural way, are evident absurdities, serve capitally as divine types and symbols.
From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini
Your house is capitally arranged for that sort of thing.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig
I hope, Papa, you find velvet cheap there; for some one has given me a knee-buckle, and it would go capitally with velvet breeches.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
"Those are very funny," said he: "they seem capitally done—who did 'em?"
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
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