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reversibly

reversibly adverb: in a way that can be undone.

Adverb

reversibly (comparative more reversibly, superlative most reversibly)

  1. In a way that can be undone.
  2. Relating to something that is reversible.
    • In order to accommodate the new platform 4 and the reversibly signalled slow line, a deep cutting had to be cut back and held up in places with a concrete retaining wall.1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 405

Forms of reversibly

comparativemore reversibly
superlativemost reversibly

Origin of reversibly

From reversible + -ly.

Words formed from reversibly

Questions about reversibly

What does reversibly mean?
Reversibly means in a way that can be undone.
What part of speech is reversibly?
Reversibly is an adverb.

Words near reversibly in the dictionary

  1. reversibilities
  2. reversibility
  3. reversible
  4. reversibleness
  5. reversibles
  6. reversibly
  7. reversified
  8. reversifies
  9. reversify
  10. reversifying
  11. reversine

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