capitally

Example Sentences

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The majority of executions carried out in the present day are from ’90s-era cases that wouldn’t be capitally prosecuted in 2022, Dunham said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

They are by no means fine-looking animals, nor are they well groomed—in fact, they are not groomed at all—but they serve capitally for the rough tracks and precipitous wastes of Hokkaido.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage

"If we can only keep her off," said Bill to his son Tom, "we shall do capitally; but, if she once gets alongside of us, it's all up."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

My friends and self were each capitally mounted with strong and hardy Chinese horses, for which the Chung-wang would not hear of payment.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.

They seemed to me capitally to express the morbid influence of consciousness in a complex organism.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman