inevitableness

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in·ev·i·ta·ble

(ĭn-ĕv′ĭ-tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen. See Synonyms at certain.

2. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable: the inevitable changes of the seasons.

in·ev′i·ta·bil′i·ty, in·ev′i·ta·ble·ness n.

in·ev′i·ta·bly adv.

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inevitableness - the quality of being unavoidable

inevitability

sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"

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Tess was taken completely by surprise, and she yielded to his embrace with unreflecting inevitableness.

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Of course, my philosophy had always recognized the inevitableness of the love-call sooner or later; but long years of bookish silence had made me inattentive and unprepared.

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Captain Malu's little finger, which was broken, had more inevitableness in it than Bertie Arkwright's whole carcass.