mentally
adverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈmɛntəli//
In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
adverb
- 1
In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
mentally capable
mentally ill
This is a problem that needs to be solved mentally, not with brute force.
The novel he lends his name to is an account of that life, taking more or less the form of a memoir set down in the years immediately after World War II by an old man mentally preparing for death, not quite at home in the twentieth century (and a little proud of it, stubbornly clinging to his eartrumpet), whose significant memories reach back to the early 1890s and beyond.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum English -al English mental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mentally From mental + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more mentally
- superlative
- most mentally
mentally · In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
mention · A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or…mentioning · The act of briefly referring to someone or something in…mentor · A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.