unalterablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɔːlt(ə)rəbli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒlt(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈɔlt(ə)rəbli/, /ˌənˈɑlt(ə)rəbli/ (un- prefix1 5.)
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adverb]
ever ylikeOE
stillc1297
unchangeablya1340
in likea1425
unchangingly1435
immutably1601
irrevocably1608
negatively1622
inalterably1631
irreversibly1635
unalterably1643
invariably1646
intransibly1654
influxibly1677
uniformly1682
eternally1694
unvariably1766
unvaryingly1814
changelessly1825
homœostatically1959
terminally1974
1643 J. Lightfoot Handfull Gleanings Exod. 22 That must be of a Lambe or kid unalterably.
1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 87 It is the part of true Magnanimity to adhere unalterably to a wise Choice.
1725 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 24 July in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 281 To pass an act, which fixing my fortune unalterably to this country, fixes my person here also.
1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. i. 9 His temper was unalterably sweet.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. i. iii. 39 These primary qualities originally and unalterably impressed on matter.
1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 56 Upon that point his mind was clearly and unalterably made up.
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