mentally

[men-tl-ee]

adverb

1. in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.

2. with regard to the mind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mentally¹

First recorded in 1655–65; mental ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

World number 19 Daria Kasatkina says she is at "breaking point" and has ended her season early, describing the schedule as "too much, mentally and emotionally".

From BBC

Moody 'very mentally strong, but also really honest'

From BBC

"We mask all our lives through high school, through education, through university, and then boom, it kind of blows up, we can't mask anymore, we're in severe burnout and we struggle mentally."

From BBC

“But I think it really made me mentally tough.”

From Los Angeles Times

Kilmeade railed against public spending on homeless and mentally ill individuals who decline help or reject services.

From Salon

Related Words

• intellectually www.thesaurus.com
• psychologically