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
They are by no means fine-looking animals, nor are they well groomed—in fact, they are not groomed at all—but they serve capitally for the rough tracks and precipitous wastes of Hokkaido.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
Glass, sugar-basin, and spoon went the same way; capitally thrown they certainly were.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
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
Throughout the drama Mr. Gardiner and Miss Fanny Brough capitally represent the comic interest, which is brightly written, and "goes" uncommonly well.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
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