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undeadly

undeadly adjective: not subject to death; immortal.

Adjective (1)

undeadly (not comparable)

  1. Not subject to death; immortal.
    • "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. [...]"1846, Miles Coverdale, Remains of Myles Coverdale
    • He aye was and aye shall be, undeadly and everlasting.1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great
  2. Unable to be killed, quenched, or terminated; eternal; everlasting.
    • Much of his subsequent work related to processes for resolving what he once called "undeadly quarrels" in the international arena.1993, William Kaplan, Donald Malcolm McRae, Maxwell Cohen, Law, Policy and International Justice
  3. Of or pertaining to the undead.

Adverb

undeadly (comparative more undeadly, superlative most undeadly)

  1. Immortally; eternally.
    • [...] and it had been Sebastian's fault that her husband was no longer living undeadly by her side.2009, Colleen Gleason, As Shadows Fade
    • Today, almost eight months since they'd met, and sharing her house for four of those months now, Wanda was more in love with Heath than she ever thought was humanly, er, undeadly possible.2009, Dakota Cassidy, The Accidental Human

Adjective (2)

undeadly (not comparable)

  1. Not deadly; not causing, producing, or resulting in death; harmless.
    • 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 [...]"1886, Homer, Homer's Iliad
    • [...] among boulders with my weapons deadly and undeadly.2002, John Graves, Goodbye to a River: A Narrative

Examples of undeadly in a sentence

  • And also a soul in this state is dwelling between the terms of deadly life and undeadly life.1957, Ray C. Petry, Late Medieval Mysticism:
  • But I believe that the undeadly gods have spread and sown the souls within the bodies of mankind to the intent that the men should see and inhabit the countries, [...]1979, Frieda Elaine Penninger, William Caxton:
  • Who knew what sort of undeadly minions de Piaget was capable of commanding.2001, Lynn Kurland, Stardust of Yesterday:
  • She does not care if it is a tobaccoroller or molesnake or any undeadly animal.2004, Troy Blacklaws, Karoo boy:

Forms of undeadly

comparativemore undeadly
superlativemost undeadly

Origin of undeadly

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

From un- + deadly.

Words formed from undeadly

Questions about undeadly

What does undeadly mean?
Undeadly means not subject to death; immortal.
How do you use undeadly in a sentence?
And also a soul in this state is dwelling between the terms of deadly life and undeadly life.
What part of speech is undeadly?
Undeadly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near undeadly in the dictionary

  1. undazzles
  2. undazzling
  3. undead
  4. undeadened
  5. undeadliness
  6. undeadly
  7. undeadness
  8. undeads
  9. undeaf
  10. undeafed
  11. undeafen

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