1
: in a way determined by fate
2
: in a manner suggesting fate or an act of fate: such as
a
: in a manner resulting in death : mortally
fatally wounded
b
: beyond repair : irrevocably
c
: in a manner resulting in ruin or evil
it is fatally easy to pass off our prejudices as our opinions—
W. F. Hambly
W. F. Hambly
d
: in a manner that cannot be easily resisted
thinks she is fatally attractive—J. W. Krutch
J. W. KrutchExamples of fatally in a Sentence
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
An active duty soldier was arrested and charged after being accused of fatally shooting a man, Alaska officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Ashburn is about a 30-mile drive northwest from Washington, D.C.
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17-year-old fatally shot in iPhone robbery, Alabama cops say.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article A 28-year-old man shot a teenager to death then fatally shot himself in the head in a murder-suicide on a Queens street investigators suspect was sparked by a romantic rivalry, police sources said Sunday.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Fatally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fatally. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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