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inexorably en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• [ɪnˈɛɡ.zə.ɹə.bli]
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• /ɪnˈɛk.sə.ɹə.bli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English inexorable Middle English -ly English -ly English inexorably From inexorable + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.
   • Later, they all felt guilty about having laughed, especially when it looked as if she might not be able to walk again. But she did, eventually—implacably, inexorably—with a slight limp, perhaps, although this was barely noticeable, not noticeable at all, really, unless you knew the story, unless you were watching for it. 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 136:
   • While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here. 2003, Matrix Reloaded, The Architect:
   • The fact that the juggernaut of Indian English rolls inexorably on, largely unconcerned by the academic arguments taking place about it, is in itself an indicator of an endonormative force in the variety, and this can be traced historically. 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:
   • This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image. 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 36:
   • The strange group of villagers shuffled inexorably forward. 2000, Mark Gatiss, chapter 27, in Last of the Gaderene:
   • The creative commons of the internet has been gradually and inexorably enclosed, much as agricultural land was by parliamentary acts from 1600 onwards in England. 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
   • We watched as the storm clouds advanced inexorably closer to us.
   • One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express! 1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

Forms

Relateds

inexorable

Synonyms

unrelentingly (in an inexorable manner) · relentlessly (in an inexorable manner)

Translations (31)

nb uunnvikelig (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fi vääjäämättömästi (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fr inexorablement (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · ckb بەناچاری (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · ru неумоли́мо (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fr inévitablement (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · de unaufhaltsam (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · sv oundvikligen (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · eo senĉese (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · pl niepowstrzymanie (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · es despiadadamente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fi armottomasti (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · mk неумоливо (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · mk непопустливо (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · nb ubønnhørlig (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fr inéluctablement (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · pl nieubłaganie (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · gl inexorabelmente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · it inesorabilmente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · es inexorablemente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · fr impitoyablement (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · de unaufhörlich (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · de unwiderstehlich (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · pt inexoravelmente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · es ineluctablemente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · no ustoppelig (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · es inevitablemente (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · nl ontoegeeflijk (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · nl onverbiddelijk (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · ru непреклонно (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly) · sv obönhörligen (in an inexorable manner; relentlessly)