English Explanatory Dictionary

inevitably

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
  2. As usual; predictably; as expected.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ /ɪˈnɛvətəbli/ en-us-inevitably.ogg en-au-inevitably.ogg

Word forms

inevitably

Etymology

From inevitable + -ly.

Synonyms

ineluctably inescapably inevitably relentlessly sure as a gun sure as fate surely unrelentingly certainly inexorably unavoidably necessarily always predictably regularly

Antonyms

evitably avoidably impossibly incidentally unexpectedly unusually

Related words

inevitability inevitable intrinsically
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