irresistiblyadv.
/ɪrɪˈzɪstɪbli/ In an irresistible manner; so as to be irresistible.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > inevitably > that cannot be resisted or refused
unagainstandablyc1449
irresistiblya1641
insupportably1671
unrefusably1710
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adverb] > irresistibly
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a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 410 Being so ordered and disposed irreversibly and irresistibly.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 129 That any man or Nation should so absolutely, irresistably inslave themselves.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 30. ⁋4 I shall come Home this Winter irresistibly dress'd, and with quite a new Foreign Air.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. ii. 72 We are led irresistably to enquire, ‘What is light and what is heat?’
1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 322 We are irresistibly carried away by his enthusiasm.
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