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Definition: Fatally |
FatallyAdverb1. With fatal consequences or implications; "he was fatally ill equipped for the climb". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fatally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Crosswords: Fatally |
| English words defined with "fatally": succumb ♦ To split on a rock ♦ yield. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fatally": Basilisk ♦ sylph. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fatally Yours (1995) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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 | USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker Day" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946. Note her hull number ("3") still visible at the front of her flight deck, air escaping from her submerged hull and oil streaming away to starboard.Credit: NAVY. |  | Line engraving after a sketch by Theodore R. Davis, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863. In this operation, Switzerland (depicted here in the foreground) was disabled by gunfire from the Vicksburg batteries, but succeeded in passing the city. Lancaster (in the left center distance) was fatally damaged and sank.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Ships of Task Force 18 in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, shortly before departing hurriedly to avoid the large-scale Japanese air attack that marked the beginning of the "I" Operation, 7 April 1943. Photographed from USS Fletcher (DD-445). USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) is partially visible at left. She was fatally damaged in this air attack and sank near Tulagi during salvage attempts. Light cruiser in center is USS Honolulu (CL-48). USS Saint Louis (CL-49) is behind her, to the right, with a Fletcher class destroyer beyond.Credit: NAVY. |  | SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Photo was enlarged from a 16mm color motion picture film. Note bombs hung beneath these planes.Credit: NAVY. |
 | The body of Harry Klug of Montclair, New Jersey, sprawled on a beach, near his motorcycle, after he was fatally shot, Key West, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | You see? said the official, examining the ultra-titanium outer seals of the aorist rod hold. "Perfectly secure, perfectly safe." He said the same thing as they passed holds containing chemical weapons so powerful that a teaspoonful could fatally infect an entire planet. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius shuddered at that reproach of ingratitude flung at his father, and which he was on the point of justifying so fatally. |
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Human Rights | Guyana | Police reportedly fired two shots, fatally wounding Stanton in the chest and side. (references) |
Brazil | During the police search, Thomas was wounded fatally when he was shot from behind at close range. (references) | |
Russia | In the Kurchaloy district, members of the federal forces entered a private house on May 12 and fatally shot the owner and his son. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
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| "Fatally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fatally" is used about 184 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 184 | 22,714 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fatally": fatally wounded. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alkaline fatally tab trio yours | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fatally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | seriozisht (earnestly, hard, in earnest, reliably, seriously), rëndë (hard, heavily, mortally, onerously, plump, sorely, soundly), për vdekje (at death's door, deathly, mortal, mortally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو مهلك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съдбоносно, фатално (mortally), пагубно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 致命地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | smrtelnì (deadly, mortally), osudnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuolettavasti (mortally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mortellement, accident mortel (fatal accident, fatal injury, fatality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verhängnisvoll (catastrophic, catastrophically, disastrous, fatal, fateful, ill fated, ill-fated, ominous), schlimm (awful, bad, bad (worse, badly, evil, fatal, foully, grievous, ill, nastily, nasty, naughty, sad, serious, severe, sore, sorely, terrible, ugly, wicked, wickedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μοιρολατρικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בצור" א וש". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | halálosan (deadly, deathly, mortally, to death), tragikusan (tragically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ferito mortalmente (fatally injured, killed), ucciso (fatally injured, killed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 치명 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | skjebnesvangert. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atallyfay fatalmente (fatefulness, mortal, necessarily), fatalidade (fate, fat-head, mischance). (various references) mortal (deadly, deathly, fatal, killing, lethal, mortally, to death, vital). (various references) роковым образом, фатально, неизбежно (in the state of nature, inevitably, necessarily, unavoidably, unavoidedly). (various references) fatalno. (various references) fatalmente. (various references) dödligt (deadly, deathly, mortally). (various references) อย่างปางตาย. (various references) kaçınılmaz şekilde, ölümle, ölümcül şekilde. (various references) фатально (fatefully), неминуче (necessarily), згубно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | letaliter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Fatally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cataly, fatalr, fatals, Fathalla, fattily, ferally, Fittall, foetally, fractally, Pagally, Ramtallie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fatally" (pronounced fā"tulē) |
| 4 | -t u l ē | accidentally, anecdotally, brutally, coincidentally, continentally, developmentally, digitally, environmentally, experimentally, fundamentally, governmentally, hastily, haughtily, heartily, horizontally, incidentally, incrementally, jauntily, mentally, mightily, monumentally, mortally, nattily, scantily, subtly, temperamentally, testily, totally, vitally, wittily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, diagonally, diametrically, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, morally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-l-l-t-y" | |
-1 letter: flatly. | |
-2 letters: allay, fatal, fatly, tally. | |
-3 letters: alfa, ally, fall, flat, flay, tala, tall. | |
-4 letters: aal, aft, ala, all, alt, fat, fay, fly, lat, lay. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, at, ay, fa, la, ta, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-l-l-t-y" | |
+2 letters: factually. | |
+3 letters: flagrantly. | |
+4 letters: factionally, fanatically, frantically, fraternally. | |
+5 letters: artificially, beatifically, flamboyantly, flammability, fractionally, fragmentally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 74 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- - .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a t a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0074 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40678667787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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