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mentally

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men⋅tal⋅ly

  [men-tl-ee]
Use mentally in a Sentence
–adverb
1. in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
2. with regard to the mind.
Origin:
1655–65; mental 1 + -ly
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men·tal 1   (měn'tl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the mind; intellectual: mental powers.

  2. Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental images of happy times.

  3. Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.

  4. Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.

  5. Of or relating to telepathy or mind reading.

  6. Slang

    1. Emotionally upset; crazed: got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.

    2. Offensive Slang Mentally or psychologically disturbed.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, ment-, mind; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
men'tal·ly adv.
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