unanswerablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɑːns(ə)rəbli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈans(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈæns(ə)rəbli/ 1. In a manner not capable of being answered or refuted; irrefutably.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adverb] > without possibility of reply
unanswerably1587
unrepliably1648
1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Pii But vnto this we haue answered..unanswerably.
1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 68 So plainely and unanswerably doe they teach the literal understanding of our Saviours words.
1679 ‘M. Mason’ Tickler Tickled 6 This was certainly and unanswerably a knowledge sufficient of the persons.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋6 I have unanswerably proved, that Jointures and Settlements are the Bane of Happiness.
1782 F. Burney Let. May in Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 141 All you say about the annuity and the money appears to me unanswerably right.
1802 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 14/2 Errors that have been so frequently, and so unanswerably exposed.
1884 Ld. Coleridge in Law Times Rep. 2 Aug. 694/2 The judgment..interprets the statute quite rightly and unanswerably.
2. Unconformably, unsuitably.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adverb]
unsamena1400
unaccordinglyc1449
discordantlyc1454
incongruly1483
incongruently1568
disagreeingly1591
unanswerable1614
ajar1622
incongruously1641
unanswerably1656
disharmoniously1664
dissonantly1799
inaccordantly1822
inharmoniously1828
unharmoniously1856
unconsonantly1863
1656 Baxter Reformed Pastor (1862) 209 [To] deliver the message of God so..unanswerably to its dignity, and the need of men's souls.
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