undeadly

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undeadly¹

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. not comparable 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. [...]"
  2. not comparable 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.
  3. not comparable Of or pertaining to the undead.

adverb more undeadly · most undeadly

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

undeadly²

Where it comes from

From un- + deadly.

adjective

  1. not comparable 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 [...]"

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@misc{undeadly_2026,
  title = {undeadly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undeadly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}