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indelibly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English indelible Middle English -ly English -ly English indelibly From indelible + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an indelible manner.
   • In 1979, Jennifer Dunning, writing in The New York Times, said that Ms. Wilson had “etched herself indelibly on the consciousness of the New York balletgoing public.” 2008 April 29, Jack Anderson, “Sallie Wilson, Dramatic Ballerina, Dies at 76”, in New York Times:
   • She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory! 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 89–90:
   • On some occasions, spiritualization is indelibly connected to mind, and is seen to be “the progress of consciousness.” 2012, Zachary Simpson, Life as Art:

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