Immortally

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner that transcends death or lasts forever through memory and influence beyond one's physical existence
2. in a way that achieves lasting fame or remembrance that survives beyond physical death
3. through actions or works that secure eternal recognition and endure throughout time
4. in a way that achieves eternal recognition or influence that persists indefinitely beyond one's lifetime
5. through actions or works that secure lasting fame and remembrance across generations without end

Etymology: "Immortally" is a straightforward formation: the adjective "immortal" with the adverb-making suffix "-ly" attached. "Immortal" itself comes from Latin "immortalis", built from "in-" meaning "not" and "mortalis", "mortal", so the adverb simply describes doing something in a deathless way, that is, without end. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the adjective. It traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "body" or "form", which passed into Proto-Germanic as "līkaz", meaning "body" or "shape" and later "like" in the sense of resembling. Over the centuries, the Germanic word for "body" or "form" became a suffix meaning "having the appearance or nature of", and it was eventually shortened in Middle English to the "-ly" we use today. That ending is the same one behind "quickly" and "friendly", and its history is a reminder that "-ly" once meant something close to "in the manner of a body".

Synonyms: eternally, everlastingly, indefinitely, perpetually, timelessly

Antonyms: mortally, temporarily, finitely, briefly, ephemerally