See Also: cobber(1)(dictionary)
cobber(2)(dictionary)
mortally(dictionary)
mortally(dictionary)

cobber(2) (iou) and mortally (iou)


cobber(2) (iou)



cobber noun2 & verb. Austral. & NZ colloq. L19.
[Perh. from COB verb2 + -ER1.]
A. noun. A companion; a mate; a friend. L19.
b. verb intrans. Foll. by up: make friends (with). E20.

mortally (iou)



mortally adverb. LME.
[from MORTAL adjective + -LY2.]
In such a manner or to such a degree that death or (Christian Theology) damnation ensues; so as to cause death or damnation. LME.
R. Dahl Mortally wounded on the deck of his ship. O. Sacks In the last months of his life, when mortally ill.
Intensely, bitterly, grievously; colloq. extremely, exceedingly, very. LME.
R. L. Stevenson Looking mortally sheepish. Aldous Huxley The..young lady..would be mortally offended.
= HUMANLY 2. rare. E17.
J. Wainwright Faster than seemed mortally possible.