terminally

English

Etymology

terminal +‎ -ly

Adverb

terminally (comparative more terminally, superlative most terminally)

1. In a terminal manner.
2. Leading to death; lasting until death.

   terminally ill

   • 2009, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections from a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic, and Occasionally Inebriated Woman‎^[1]:
3. (military, of missile guidance) To the target.

   terminally guided

4. Located at the end.
   • 1919, Robert Ridgway, Herbert Friedmann, The Birds of North and Middle America, Part 8, Issue 1919, page 276:

     […] some of the feathers (especially posterior scapulars) with the broad edgings more rufescent and passing into whitish terminally; […]

   • 2005, Terence Cosgrove, Colloid Science: Principles, methods and applications‎^[2], page 119:

     In its simplest form this approach uses a lattice with a single chain terminally attached to the interface.

Derived terms

• terminally ill
• terminally online