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illimitably

illimitably adverb: in an illimitable manner.

Adverb

illimitably (comparative more illimitably, superlative most illimitably)

  1. In an illimitable manner.
    • Over all these ascends, at the distance of twenty five miles, the round summit of Agamenticus. North-eastward, the Isles of Shoals appear, at the distance of eight leagues, like a cloud in the horizon. Eastward, the ocean spreads illimitably.1823, Timothy Dwight, Travels in New-England and New York, William Baynes and Son, and Ogle, Duncan & Company; Edinburgh: H.S. Baynes and Company, page 402
    • We are glad to perceive that premature efforts are not made to accomplish what cannot be done well for, though the art is illimitably long, yet a slow progress is the most sure, and will ultimately be found the most rapid. The taste of the public, too, cannot be forced; but must be carried...1836, Making of America Project, The North American Review, Volume 43, Charles Bowen, page 53

Forms of illimitably

comparativemore illimitably
superlativemost illimitably

Origin of illimitably

From illimitable + -ly.

Questions about illimitably

What does illimitably mean?
Illimitably means in an illimitable manner.
What part of speech is illimitably?
Illimitably is an adverb.

Words near illimitably in the dictionary

  1. Illimani
  2. illimaquinone
  3. illimitability
  4. illimitable
  5. illimitableness
  6. illimitably
  7. illimitate
  8. illimitation
  9. illimited
  10. illimitedly
  11. illimitedness

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