mentally
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mental/ˈmentl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to, done by, or occurring in the mind.
- 2 relating to disorders or illnesses of the mind.
■ informal mad; crazy.
– derivatives
mentally adverb.
mentally adverb.
– origin ME: from late L. mentalis, from L. mens, ment- ‘mind’.
usage: The use of mental in compounds such as mental hospital was the normal accepted term in the first half of the 20th century. It is now, however, regarded as old-fashioned, sometimes even offensive, and has been largely replaced by psychiatric.
'mentally' also found in these Oxford entries:
asylum
- clever
- community care
- comprehend
- developmental delay
- equip
- excruciate
- fester
- handicap
- handicapped
- headcase
- heavy
- inconceivable
- insane
- insight
- learning difficulties
- lunatic
- mad
- madhouse
- madman
- MD
- mental
- mental handicap
- nasty
- psych
- reaction
- regress
- screw
- sicko
- steel
- step
- sustain
- taxing
- torpid
- troppo
- understand
- unhinge
- wear
- well adjusted
- Zen-like
