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irrepressibly

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ir·re·press·i·ble  (r-prs-bl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to control or restrain: irrepressible laughter.
irre·pressi·bili·ty, irre·pressi·ble·ness n.
irre·pressi·bly adv.
Translations
irrepressibly [ˌɪrɪˈpresəblɪ] ADV [laugh] → inconteniblemente, irreprimiblemente
irrepressibly cheerful/enthusiastic → con una alegría/un entusiasmo incontenible or irreprimible
irrepressibly
adv laugh, high-spirited → unbändig; he was irrepressibly optimistic → sein Optimismus war nicht kleinzukriegen
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"Come on, the four of us," Bert went on irrepressibly.
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How such a consciousness is communicated is very difficult to define, but it certainly is communicated very surely, and flows rapidly, imperceptibly, and irrepressibly, as water does in a creek.
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And suddenly he recalled how they used to go to bed together as children, and how they only waited till Fyodor Bogdanitch was out of the room to fling pillows at each other and laugh, laugh irrepressibly, so that even their awe of Fyodor Bogdanitch could not check the effervescing, overbrimming sense of life and happiness.
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