never in someone's life

: not ever : at no time

: not in any degree : not under any condition

: some person : somebody

: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

: of or relating to animate being

: lifelong

: using a living model