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irresistibly

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ir·re·sis·ti·ble  (r-zst-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to resist: an irresistible impulse to sneeze.
2. Having an overpowering appeal: irresistible beauty.
irre·sisti·bili·ty, irre·sisti·ble·ness n.
irre·sisti·bly adv.
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Adv.1.irresistibly - incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"
overpoweringly, overwhelmingly
Translations
irresistibly [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəblɪ] ADV → irresistiblemente
she was drawn irresistibly to him → se sentía irresistiblemente atraída hacia él
he found her irresistibly beautiful → la encontraba de una belleza irresistible
irresistibly [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstɪbli] adv
[attracted, romantic] to be irresistibly drawn to sth → être irrésistiblement attiré par qch
There is something irresistibly romantic about the city → Il y a quelque chose d'irrésistiblement romantique à propos de cette ville.
to find sb/sth irresistibly attractive → trouver qn/qch irrésistible, trouver qn/qch irrésistiblement attrayant
irresistibly
adv → unwiderstehlich; it’s irresistibly funny → es ist von unwiderstehlicher Komik
irresistibly [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəblɪ] adv → irresistibilmente
irresistibly [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəblɪ] adv → irresistibilmente


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This spade is sharp as hone can make it; the spademan's feet are shoeless; the thing he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him, like a sledge.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Sometimes the inhabitants have had the idea to burn the forests, and even the standing crops, in order to arrest the progress of these insects; but the first ranks plunging into the flames would extinguish them beneath their mass, and the rest of the swarm would then pass irresistibly onward.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
It was this: I asked myself whether there was not in his soul some deep-rooted instinct of creation, which the circumstances of his life had obscured, but which grew relentlessly, as a cancer may grow in the living tissues, till at last it took possession of his whole being and forced him irresistibly to action.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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