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inextricably

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in·ex·tri·ca·ble  (n-kstr-k-bl, nk-strk-bl)
adj.
1.
a. So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible: an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit.
b. Difficult or impossible to disentangle or untie: an inextricable tangle of threads.
c. Too involved or complicated to solve: an inextricable problem.
2. Unavoidable; inescapable: bound together by an inextricable fate.
in·extri·ca·bili·ty, in·extri·ca·ble·ness n.
in·extri·ca·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.inextricably - in an inextricable manner; "motives inspired by Mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God"
inextricably
adverb inseparably, totally, intricately, irretrievably, indissolubly, indistinguishably
Translations
inextricably [ɪnɪksˈtrɪkəblɪ] adv → indisolublemente
inextricably [ɪnɪkˈstrɪkəblɪ] inextricable adv → unentwirrbar;
(linked) → untrennbar


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With the Americans, indeed, the crudity and the rottenness are identical and simultaneous; it is impossible to say, as in the conversation of this deplorable young man, which is one and which is the other; they are inextricably mingled.
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Meanwhile, man, having fought and won his fight for this personal liberty, only to find himself a more abject slave than before, is turning with loathing from his egotist's dream of independence to the collective interests of society, with the welfare of which he now perceives his own happiness to be inextricably bound up.
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He felt the good and bad within himself inextricably mingled and overlapping.
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