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indelibly

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in·del·i·ble  (n-dl-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink.
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing.
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.

[Alteration of earlier indeleble, from Latin indlbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + dlbilis, capable of being effaced (from dlre, to wipe out).]

in·deli·bili·ty, in·deli·ble·ness n.
in·deli·bly adv.
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Adv.1.indelibly - in an indelible manner; "this tradition has left its mark indelibly upon the social, political, educational and industrial fabric of this country"
Translations
indelibly [ɪnˈdeləblɪ] ADVindeleblemente
the horrors he experienced are imprinted indelibly in his brainlos horrores que sufrió quedaron grabados de forma indeleble en su mente
indelibly
adv (fig)unauslöschlich
indelibly [ɪnˈdɛləblɪ] adv (also) (fig) → indelebilmente
indelibly [ɪnˈdɛləblɪ] adv (also) (fig) → indelebilmente


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The grip of the land upon the keel of your ship, even if nothing worse comes of it than the wear and tear of tackle and the loss of time, remains in a seaman's memory an indelibly fixed taste of disaster.
Once convinced that my friend's disposition is incompatible with my own, once assured that he is indelibly stained with certain defects obnoxious to my principles, and I dissolve the connection.
One thing only is certain, and that is that Big-Tooth did stamp into the cerebral constitution of one of his progeny all the impressions of his life, and stamped them in so indelibly that the hosts of intervening generations have failed to obliterate them.
 
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