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

"Those are very funny," said he: "they seem capitally done—who did 'em?"

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

Very vigorously and cleverly do they dance, and capitally do they imitate life; but there are so very few of them that we grow a little tired of seeing them over and over again.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

It is a capitally painted picture, and as a woodland 'Seven Ages' it is simply perfect.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese

Types are an attractive study to theologians; biblical stories—like that of Jonah and the whale, for instance—which, taken in a plain and natural way, are evident absurdities, serve capitally as divine types and symbols.

From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini