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irrefusably

irrefusably adverb: in an irrefusable manner; beyond the possibility of refusal.

Adverb

irrefusably (comparative more irrefusably, superlative most irrefusably)

  1. (rare) In an irrefusable manner; beyond the possibility of refusal.
    • It approaches irrefusably, hesitantly, terrible as fate, the great task and question: how shall the earth as a whole be managed? (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1885)2006 December, Michael Lang, “Globalization and Its History”, in The Journal of Modern History, vol. 78, no. 4, page 924

Forms of irrefusably

comparativemore irrefusably
superlativemost irrefusably

Origin of irrefusably

From irrefusable + -ly.

Questions about irrefusably

What does irrefusably mean?
Irrefusably means in an irrefusable manner; beyond the possibility of refusal.
What part of speech is irrefusably?
Irrefusably is an adverb.

Words near irrefusably in the dictionary

  1. irrefrangibility
  2. irrefrangible
  3. irrefrangibleness
  4. irrefrangibly
  5. irrefusable
  6. irrefusably
  7. irrefutability
  8. irrefutable
  9. irrefutableness
  10. irrefutably
  11. irreg

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