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mortally | x |

As an adverb mortally

is fatally; in such a way as to cause death.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

mortally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
  • (obsolete) As a mortal.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.1:
  • *:And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […].
  • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----