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immortally, adv.|ɪˈmɔːtəlɪ|
[f. immortal + -ly2.]
1. In the way of immortal life or existence; endlessly, eternally, for ever.
a1529Skelton Dethe Northumbld. 147 His right noble estate Immortally whiche is immaculate. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 144 He that weares the Crowne immortally, Long guard it yours. 1756Law Lett. import. Subj. 132 The first divine..nature of Adam, which was to have been immortally holy in union with God, is lost. 1855Browning Any Wife to Any Husband ix, Therefore she is immortally my bride; Chance cannot change my love, nor time impair.
b. Perpetually; without withering.
1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 2 Green fields—immortally green, whatever winter can do against them.
2. colloq. To a degree beyond that of mortals; infinitely. [Cf. Cicero's gaudeo immortaliter.]
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden No. 29) 153 But King Edward, rejoysing immortally for the victory [etc.]. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iv. vii. (1676) 100/2 As he [Matth. Paris] saith of Edward the first at the news of..his Sons birth, immortaliter gavisus, he was immortally glad. 1883Harper's Mag. June 134/2 How immortally beautiful that girl was! |