Inexorably means in a way that nothing can stop or turn aside. Rising inexorably, drawn inexorably, inexorably towards the end.
It belongs to processes rather than to people and adds a sense of doom even to good news. It is usually an overstatement, since very little is genuinely unstoppable.
1adverbinexorablyIn a way that nothing can stop or turn aside.
“The tide crept inexorably up the beach towards our sandcastle.”
inexorably is a manner.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃éh₁os — mouth
Latin
inexōrābilis — relentless, inexorable
Middle French
inexorable
English
inexorable
English, today
inexorably
Built from
From inexorable + -ly. inexorable comes from Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis. by surface analysis, in- + exorable.
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