terminally
adv. manneradv. in a way that cannot be cured and will lead to death. It can also describe something that is failing completely and cannot be fixed.
adv. in a manner that is incurable or fatal; in an extreme or final state of decline.
The patient is terminally ill and needs comfort care.
After years of mismanagement, the local factory was terminally unprofitable and had to close its doors.
While some analysts hoped for a recovery, the political movement appeared terminally fractured, with its core members unable to agree on even the most basic policy goals.
From terminal + -ly.
Commonly modifies adjectives like 'ill', 'unprofitable', or 'boring' to indicate an irreversible state.
He is terminal illHe is terminally illLearners often use the adjective 'terminal' instead of the adverb 'terminally' to modify another adjective.