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Definition of Irresistibly
1. Adverb. Incapable of being resisted. "The candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"
Definition of Irresistibly
1. adv. In an irresistible manner.
Definition of Irresistibly
1. Adverb. In an irresistible manner. ¹
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Definition of Irresistibly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresistibly
Literary usage of Irresistibly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"NO. xx. effectually, and draw her inevitably and irresistibly, "P'y, conditions
is to be pitied. But the latter person is The Bump's t° follow him ..."
2. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"which she had considered so irresistibly conclusive, had recoiled like a wave
from a rock. After a long pause, she rilled her son's ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... towards which they were carried irresistibly by their love of independence.
It is a mistake if any have supposed that the Regulators were cowed down by ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Ex., xxv, 20; the references to them when combined seem to point irresistibly
to some such figures as the Assyrian winged bulls with human heads), ..."
5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1809)
"... or overtaken by that new and mighty current which has so irresistibly set
against liberty in the other hemisphere. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PORT FOLIO. ..."
6. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"NO. xx. effectually, and draw her inevitably and irresistibly, "P'y, conditions
is to be pitied. But the latter person is The Bump's t° follow him ..."
7. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"which she had considered so irresistibly conclusive, had recoiled like a wave
from a rock. After a long pause, she rilled her son's ..."
8. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... towards which they were carried irresistibly by their love of independence.
It is a mistake if any have supposed that the Regulators were cowed down by ..."
9. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Ex., xxv, 20; the references to them when combined seem to point irresistibly
to some such figures as the Assyrian winged bulls with human heads), ..."
10. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1809)
"... or overtaken by that new and mighty current which has so irresistibly set
against liberty in the other hemisphere. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PORT FOLIO. ..."
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