Definition of lethally in English:
lethally
adverbˈliːθ(ə)liˈliθ(ə)li
1With death as a result.
they were lethally injected with a cocktail of poisons
Example sentencesExamples
- The drug is lethally addictive.
- This is a disease that affects all organs of the body, but affects the liver and brain most lethally.
- Demands to correct deer "imbalances" - often lethally - continue to generate debate.
- One third of all lethally toxic mercury emissions are caused by this.
- The migraine had lethally combined with a weakness in the arteries supplying blood to her brain.
- His brother Nennius was lethally wounded and lay dying.
- The terrorists are lethally flexible and inventive.
- Our planet is slowly, lethally warming.
- European armies were equipped with infantry rifles sighted up to 1,000 yards and lethally accurate at half that range.
- Some areas here are lethally dangerous for armed soldiers in armored vehicles.
- Lethally irradiated mice were grafted with the bone marrow cells.
- She knew that the parasites were neither lethally poisonous nor big enough to do any real damage.
- Street demonstrations were lethally dispersed by troops shooting down from the rooftops.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a flu-like disease that grows lethally strong as it matures.
- They encircle their village with a stockade and a confusing maze of approaches, most of them lethally booby-trapped.
- Stretches of track had been deemed lethally unsafe by engineers.
- 1.1 In a very harmful or destructive way.
his premiership will be lethally undermined
lethally misplaced priorities
as submodifier a lethally intoxicating brew
Example sentencesExamples
- Senior ministers were angry with him but not lethally so.
- He was lethally attractive, according to one ex-lover.
- The arguments offered were lethally flawed.
- "I'll win this, Bethany," he said quietly, lethally.
- The jerk sausage is inherently - lethally - hot.
- The situation had spiraled lethally out of control.
- His recent speech denounced journalism's "lethally damaging" practices.
- This media silence is having a lethally distorting effect on public opinion.
- His performance is lethally fast and precise.
- This lethally funny satire is one of the best American comedies I've seen in years.
- She looked up to him, and glared lethally at the violinist.
- The company had the most wonderful technology coupled with lethally inept management.
- It looks easy on paper, but the learning curve is lethally steep in practice.
Definition of lethally in US English:
lethally
adverbˈliθ(ə)liˈlēTH(ə)lē
1With death as a result.
they were lethally injected with a cocktail of poisons
Example sentencesExamples
- His brother Nennius was lethally wounded and lay dying.
- The terrorists are lethally flexible and inventive.
- Lethally irradiated mice were grafted with the bone marrow cells.
- Our planet is slowly, lethally warming.
- Stretches of track had been deemed lethally unsafe by engineers.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a flu-like disease that grows lethally strong as it matures.
- This is a disease that affects all organs of the body, but affects the liver and brain most lethally.
- They encircle their village with a stockade and a confusing maze of approaches, most of them lethally booby-trapped.
- Some areas here are lethally dangerous for armed soldiers in armored vehicles.
- European armies were equipped with infantry rifles sighted up to 1,000 yards and lethally accurate at half that range.
- The migraine had lethally combined with a weakness in the arteries supplying blood to her brain.
- Demands to correct deer "imbalances" - often lethally - continue to generate debate.
- She knew that the parasites were neither lethally poisonous nor big enough to do any real damage.
- One third of all lethally toxic mercury emissions are caused by this.
- Street demonstrations were lethally dispersed by troops shooting down from the rooftops.
- The drug is lethally addictive.
- 1.1 In a very harmful or destructive way.
his premiership will be lethally undermined
lethally misplaced priorities
as submodifier a lethally intoxicating brew
Example sentencesExamples
- She looked up to him, and glared lethally at the violinist.
- His performance is lethally fast and precise.
- "I'll win this, Bethany," he said quietly, lethally.
- This media silence is having a lethally distorting effect on public opinion.
- He was lethally attractive, according to one ex-lover.
- This lethally funny satire is one of the best American comedies I've seen in years.
- It looks easy on paper, but the learning curve is lethally steep in practice.
- The arguments offered were lethally flawed.
- Senior ministers were angry with him but not lethally so.
- His recent speech denounced journalism's "lethally damaging" practices.
- The situation had spiraled lethally out of control.
- The jerk sausage is inherently - lethally - hot.
- The company had the most wonderful technology coupled with lethally inept management.