— lifelessly , adv. — lifelessness , n.
/luyf"lis/ , adj.
1. not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet.
3. deprived of life; dead: a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies.
4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; colorless; torpid: a lifeless performance of a play.
5. insensible, as a person who has fainted.
[ bef. 1000; ME lifles, OE lifleas. See LIFE, -LESS ]
Syn. 1. inorganic. 3. defunct. See dead. 4. inactive, inert, passive; sluggish; spiritless.
Ant. 1, 3. living. 4. lively.