capitally

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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

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

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.

He danced it capitally too, and with any amount of vigorous snapping his fingers to mark the time, and when he had finished he "made a leg," as sailors call it, and stood before me.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence

It answered capitally, however, having only one drawback; viz., that it readily melted.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.