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incontrovertibly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪnˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.tə.bli/ (US)
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  • /ɪnˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː(ɹ).tɪ.bli/ (UK)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English incontrovertible Middle English -ly English -ly English incontrovertibly From incontrovertible + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an incontrovertible manner; in a manner not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed.
    • In such a case and under such proof the intent to kill and the deliberate and premeditated malice are incontrovertibly implied. 1917, State v. Morris, “The Pacific Reporter”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 163, page 584:
    • And if word did spread that he had withdrawn his money from the bank in cash, every man and his cousin in the county would be his threat and enemy until every one of them was incontrovertibly convinced that the actual money actually was somewhere else, and exactly where that somewhere else was. 1957, William Faulkner, The Town:
    • It is, incontrovertibly, our duty, if divine and civil laws have given us a rule whereby to regulate our conduct, and which may both promote the benefit of society and the good of the individual, we are obliged to act agreeably to that rule, let the conduct of others be what it may. 1810, Thomas Comber, Adultery Analyzed: an inquiry into the causes of the prevalence of that vice, page 19:

Forms

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most incontrovertibly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more incontrovertibly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

incontrovertibility · incontrovertible

Synonyms

undeniably · indisputably · unquestionably · irrefutably

Translations (26)

pl bezsprzecznie (in incontrovertible manner) · uk безпере́чно (in incontrovertible manner) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (in incontrovertible manner) · fi kiistatta (in incontrovertible manner) · nl onweerlegbaar (in incontrovertible manner) · fr irréfutablement (in incontrovertible manner) · uk незапере́чно (in incontrovertible manner) · cmn 无可争议地 (in incontrovertible manner) · nl ontegensprekelijk (in incontrovertible manner) · pt indiscutivelmente (in incontrovertible manner) · es indisputablemente (in incontrovertible manner) · ru неопровержи́мо (in incontrovertible manner) · hy անհերքելիորեն (in incontrovertible manner) · fi kiistattomasti (in incontrovertible manner) · de unwiderlegbar (in incontrovertible manner) · de zweifellos (in incontrovertible manner) · fr indéniablement (in incontrovertible manner) · pl bezspornie (in incontrovertible manner) · ar بِلَا نِزَاع (in incontrovertible manner) · sv ovedersägligen (in incontrovertible manner) · fr indiscutablement (in incontrovertible manner) · ru неоспори́мо (in incontrovertible manner) · uk неспросто́вно (in incontrovertible manner) · fr incontestablement (in incontrovertible manner) · ar لَا يَقْبَل اَلْجَدَل (in incontrovertible manner) · it incontrovertibilmente (in incontrovertible manner)