All 5 Uses of
mortal
in
The Silver Chair
- Those eels will take a mortal long time to cook, and either of you might faint with hunger before they're done.
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *mortal = extremely
- I am the more thankful to her for all her infinite bounty to such a poor mortal wretch as I. For you must know, Sirs, I am a man under most strange afflictions, and none but the Queen's grace would have had patience with me.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- who has suffered almost more than any mortal can bear.
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *mortal = human (especially merely human) or subject to death
- I'm your mortal enemy else.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2)
- For this is a marvellous adventure, and it may be no mortal man has ever looked into Bism before or will ever have the chance again.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense
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(2) (mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death