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irretrievably, adv.|ɪrɪˈtriːvəblɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an irretrievable manner; so as to be irretrievable; beyond recovery or repair; irreparably.
1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. ix. (1723) 215 It must needs have been all irretrievably lost and useless to Mankind. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxi, Miss Wilmot..perceiving that her fortune was irretrievably lost. 1869M. Pattison Serm. (1885) 190 The Church of Rome has irretrievably broken with knowledge. |