fatally

[ feyt-l-ee ]

/ ˈfeɪt l i /

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adverb

in a manner leading to death or disaster: He was injured fatally in the accident.

by a decree of fate or destiny; by inevitable predetermination.

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Origin of fatally

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at fatal, -ly

Words nearby fatally

fatah, fatal, fatalism, fatality, fatality rate, fatally, fatback, fatbody, fate, fate map, fate worse than death, a

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A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
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This is not because of bad leaders, or polarized politics, but because of a governing structure that is fatally flawed.
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Cops launched a flash grenade through the window and officer Joseph Weekley fired, fatally striking Stanley-Jones.
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Aiyana Stanley-Jones was not even confronting police officers when she was fatally shot the night of May 16, 2010.
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Sadly, Dell was killed five weeks after performing this stunt, fatally injured in a different performance.
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Alas, how cruelly barbed and how skilfully directed—how fatally sent, was the shaft of inexorable fate!
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If Jefferson was complacent, Daveiss would act and act officially; thus the President, by contrast, would be fatally embarrassed.
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It had a succs de scandale on its first appearance, and fatally injured Shelleys reputation.
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Only one man was injured and he not fatally, a piece of almost miraculous good luck.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner and seven enlisted men were wounded—none of them fatally.
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British Dictionary definitions for fatally

fatally

/ (ˈfeɪtəlɪ) /

adverb

resulting in death or disasterfatally wounded in battle

as decreed by fate; inevitably

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fatally

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adverb