mentally
adverb
men·tal·ly
ˈmen-tᵊl-ē 
1
: in the mind
Mentally he promised himself that he would never again use a collar on any living creature.—
Brian Jacques
: using the mind
Brian Jacquesable to mentally calculate large sums
2
: with regard to the mind or its capacity
physically and mentally healthy people
a mentally competent adult
a mentally challenging activity
… if you try to hide the fact that you feel mentally inadequate, and so go around making jokes about your own dullness and acting as if it didn't bother you at all …—David Foster Wallace
David Foster WallaceI felt too hungry and tired and mentally overloaded to ask any more questions.—Rick Riordan
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Mostly, Lewis reiterated what feeling good at the plate has done for him mentally after a challenging year full of injuries, slumps and more.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 24 July 2025
His formula: Randomly drop the flyer on social media, set a low enough price to get everyone to mentally buy into it, watch disappointed fans bemoan coming up empty-handed after waiting in the virtual queue, and prepare for who shows up for the party.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
But her favorite tactics for staying mentally and physically on-point are the most basic—and the most accessible.
—Glamour, 22 July 2025
What begins as an opportunity to include more types of jokes (the word cum can be written in so many different ways) evolves into the show’s whole idea: that humans are gloriously capable of mentally juggling two things at once.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 July 2025
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 24 July 2025
His formula: Randomly drop the flyer on social media, set a low enough price to get everyone to mentally buy into it, watch disappointed fans bemoan coming up empty-handed after waiting in the virtual queue, and prepare for who shows up for the party.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
But her favorite tactics for staying mentally and physically on-point are the most basic—and the most accessible.
—Glamour, 22 July 2025
What begins as an opportunity to include more types of jokes (the word cum can be written in so many different ways) evolves into the show’s whole idea: that humans are gloriously capable of mentally juggling two things at once.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 July 2025
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“Mentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentally. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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