invariably en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈvɛ(ə).ɹə.bli/ (colloquial, dialectal)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English variable English invariable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English invariably From invariable + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Every time; always, without change and without exception.
Near-synonyms: consistently, uniformly; see also Thesaurus:uniformly
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:In common with most Swiss Railways the standard of equipment and of operating efficiency is high, and stations and trains are invariably clean and well maintained.
1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 770:As a consequence of the previous rules, each of the sixty-four squares is invariably indicated by a unique combination of a letter and a number.
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2025, page 21:Talented performers may be everywhere, but Movie Stars, capital M, capital S, are something else. They're the ones with definitive personas, with a forcefield around them that invariably pulls audiences into their orbit.
2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022:He is invariably late for meetings.
Antonyms
variously · variably · varyingly
Relateds
Synonyms
unchangeably · constantly · immutably · always · consistently · unvaryingly · unvaryingly · uniformly · invariously · invariously · invariably · uniformly · still · consistently · unchangingly · unalterably
Translations (15)
fi poikkeuksetta (always) · bg винаги (always) · bg постоянно (always) · pl nieodmiennie (always) · hu minden esetben (always) · pl niezmiennie (always) · fr perpétuellement (always) · fr invariablement (always) · es invariablemente (always) · fr constamment (always) · ru неизме́нно (always) · ca invariablement (always) · hu kivétel nélkül (always) · hu mindig (always) · nl onveranderlijk steevast (always)