Undeadly

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not subject to death; immortal. not-comparable

    ""The soul also hath her death, namely, when it lacketh and is destitute of the eternal and godly life, which truly and justly is called the life of the soul: but undeadly or immortal is it called, because it never ceaseth to live, how miserable soever the life of it be. [...]""

  2. 2
    Not deadly; not causing, producing, or resulting in death; harmless. not-comparable

    "Ulysses, knowing well The wound undeadly (setting back his foot to form his stand) Thus spake to Socus: "O thou wretch, thy death is in this hand, That stay'st my victory on Troy, and where thy charge was made In doubtful term [...]""

  3. 3
    Unable to be killed, quenched, or terminated; eternal; everlasting. not-comparable

    "Much of his subsequent work related to processes for resolving what he once called "undeadly quarrels" in the international arena."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to the undead. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Immortally; eternally.

    "[...] and it had been Sebastian's fault that her husband was no longer living undeadly by her side."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English undedly, undeedly, undedlich, from Old English undēadlīc (“immortal, for all eternity”), equivalent to undead + -ly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English undedly, undeedly, undedlich, from Old English undēadlīc (“immortal, for all eternity”), equivalent to undead + -ly.

Etymology 3

From un- + deadly.

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