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incurably

incurably adverb: in an incurable manner.

Adverb

incurably (comparative more incurably, superlative most incurably)

  1. In an incurable manner.
    • "I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times."1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, page 37
    • it is among the inhabitants of the South that devil-worship is most systematically practiced. No one who has travelled in that region can doubt that demonophobia is a disease with which the whole Southern population is almost hopelessly and incurably afflicted (1887:244)2008, Isabelle Clark-Deces, The Encounter Never Ends: A Return to the Field of Tamil Rituals, page 74

Forms of incurably

comparativemore incurably
superlativemost incurably

Origin of incurably

From incurable + -ly.

Questions about incurably

What does incurably mean?
Incurably means in an incurable manner.
What part of speech is incurably?
Incurably is an adverb.

Words near incurably in the dictionary

  1. incur
  2. incurability
  3. incurable
  4. incurableness
  5. incurables
  6. incurably
  7. incuriosity
  8. incurious
  9. incuriously
  10. incuriousness
  11. incurment

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