mentally
Americanadverb
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in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
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with regard to the mind.
Etymology
Origin of mentally
Example Sentences
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Physically, he is not able to live independently, but was or is pretty sharp mentally.
From MarketWatch
For the most part, husbands left wives, even physically or mentally ill wives, to run the home and raise the children as they saw fit.
From Literature
Kaufman says the 80-year-old is not mentally fit to follow the hearing.
From Barron's
When I asked the nurse what authority they had to do this, she said the attorney had obtained statements from two doctors declaring my relative mentally incompetent.
From MarketWatch
"Above all it's three points but that will do us all a lot of good mentally," Lille captain Benjamin Andre said.
From Barron's
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