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inexorably

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in·ex·o·ra·ble  (n-ksr--bl)
adj.
Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless: an inexorable opponent; a feeling of inexorable doom. See Synonyms at inflexible.
[Latin inexrbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + exrbilis, pliant (from exrre, to prevail upon : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + rre, to argue).]
in·exo·ra·bili·ty, in·exo·ra·ble·ness n.
in·exo·ra·bly adv.
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Adv.1.inexorably - in an inexorable manner; "time marches on inexorably"
inexorably
adverb relentlessly, inevitably, irresistibly, remorselessly, implacably, unrelentingly
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"I'll put it before him," I went on inexorably, "that I can't undertake to work the question on behalf of a child who has been expelled--"
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
Will was miserable in the necessity for playing the part of a friend who was making his first appearance and greeting to Rosamond, while his thoughts were busy about her feeling since that scene of yesterday, which seemed still inexorably to enclose them both, like the painful vision of a double madness.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
No--if all deceit contains in it the seed of retribution, to be ripened inexorably in the lapse of time.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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