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Definition of Inexpiably
1. adv. In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement.
Definition of Inexpiably
1. Adverb. In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement. ¹
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Definition of Inexpiably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inexpiably
Literary usage of Inexpiably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Mississippi Historical Society (1918)
"As to the responsibility, the verdict of the eternal verities is that all three
were equally, inexpiably, guilty of bringing enduring shame on the nation—of ..."
2. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1880)
"... suc«-?s of the still continued, mingled in the former with dread "gl ' of the
king's return, whom they judged themselves to have inexpiably offended. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1817)
"But if to these wrongs we add the details of this struggle so inexpiably and
ineffaceably disgraceful for France, practised as these advocates may be iu. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"INEXPIABLE, (in-eks'-pc-a-u1) a. Not to be atoned ; not to be mollified by atonement.
inexpiably. (in-eks'-pe-a-ble) ad. To a degree beyond atonement. ..."
5. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"On the other hand, such a league could not be formed either rapidly or secretly;
and if the attempt should be made, and fail, France would be inexpiably ..."
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