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irretrievably

adv

irretrievably

adv

Etymology From irretrievable + -ly.

1

In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.

  • Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 17:
  • Such comments needlessly and irretrievably polarize the collective and its neighbors.1986 February 15, John Cronin, “More To It Than Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5:

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