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irrelevantly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English irrelevant Middle English -ly English -ly English irrelevantly From irrelevant + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an irrelevant manner.
   • “Not yet,” replied Jane, and then, quite irrelevantly, “I wish England were a million miles from here.” 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 111:
   • 'Our population would be the same, and our world would still have been dying of its own waste heat!' Irrelevantly, Teela said, 'I wish we could see out.' 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 61:

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relevantly

Translations (7)

es irrelevantemente (in an irrelevant manner) · it irrilevantemente (in an irrelevant manner) · fi epäolennaisesti (in an irrelevant manner) · fi merkityksettömästi (in an irrelevant manner) · pl bezsensownie (in an irrelevant manner) · pl od rzeczy (in an irrelevant manner) · pt irrelevantemente (in an irrelevant manner)