English
lifelessly
From lifeless + -ly.
A compound of lifeless + -ly
Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘body’
Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’
Old English līf ‘life’
Old English līflēas
Middle English lyfles ‘lacking life’
English lifeless
Today it means
adv Without life or appearing to be without life.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lifelessly