All 4 Uses of
mortal
in
And Then There Were None
- Young Elmer Robson, the American millionaire, had actually built the place. Spent thousands on it, so it was said. Every mortal luxury…
p. 10..6 (definition 1)mortal = human (of the flesh)
- In it, Anthony Marston seemed to be something more than mortal.
p. 24..9 (definition 1) *mortal = human
- She looked like a woman who walked in mortal fear…
p. 29..3 (definition 2) *mortal = extreme
- My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals-and the process is often fraught with difficulties.
p. 89..9 (definition 1)mortals = human beings
Definitions:
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(1) (mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death
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(2) (mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense