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irrecoverably

irrecoverably adverb: in an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery.

Adverb

irrecoverably (comparative more irrecoverably, superlative most irrecoverably)

  1. In an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery.
    • Unfortunately for our knowledge of the ancient Italian mythology, the ballad-poetry of Rome is irrecoverably lost.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 233

Forms of irrecoverably

comparativemore irrecoverably
superlativemost irrecoverably

Origin of irrecoverably

From irrecoverable + -ly.

Questions about irrecoverably

What does irrecoverably mean?
Irrecoverably means in an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery.
What part of speech is irrecoverably?
Irrecoverably is an adverb.

Words near irrecoverably in the dictionary

  1. irrecondite
  2. irrecordable
  3. irrecoverability
  4. irrecoverable
  5. irrecoverableness
  6. irrecoverably
  7. irrecuperable
  8. irrecuperably
  9. irrecusable
  10. irrecusably
  11. irred.

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