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irreconcilably

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ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble  (-rkn-sl-bl, -rkn-s-)
adj.
Impossible to reconcile: irreconcilable differences.
n.
1. A person, especially a member of a group, who will not compromise, adjust, or submit.
2. One of two or more conflicting ideas or beliefs that cannot be brought into harmony.
ir·recon·cila·bili·ty n.
ir·recon·cila·bly adv.
Translations
irreconcilably
adv fight → unversöhnlich; irreconcilably different → völlig unvereinbar; to be irreconcilably opposed to something → absolut gegen etw sein; they clashed irreconcilably → sie konnten ihre Meinungsverschiedenheiten nicht beseitigen


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Suppose, then, that the expressions defining the authority of the convention were irreconcilably at variance with each other; that a NATIONAL and ADEQUATE GOVERNMENT could not possibly, in the judgment of the convention, be affected by ALTERATIONS and PROVISIONS in the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION; which part of the definition ought to have been embraced, and which rejected?
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In the aspect of this dark-arrayed, pale-faced, ladylike old figure there was a deeply tragic character that contrasted irreconcilably with the ludicrous pettiness of her employment.
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The case was made interesting to the public, by Mr Mortimer Lighiwood's evidence touching the circumstances under which the deceased, Mr John Harmon, had returned to England; exclusive private proprietorship in which circumstances was set up at dinner- tables for several days, by Veneering, Twemlow, Podsnap, and all the Buffers: who all related them irreconcilably with one another, and contradicted themselves.
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