Capitally
excellently; very well.
in a manner involving capital punishment.
Historical Examples
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various
The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic’s Talbot Baines Reed
Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper
The Log House by the Lake William H. G. Kingston
The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants Friedrich Gerstcker
The Last Voyage Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various
A Master of Mysteries L. T. Meade
Reprinted Pieces Charles Dickens
The Young Franc Tireurs G. A. Henty
adverb
(mainly Brit) in an excellent manner; admirably
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