"inevitably" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɪˈnɛvətəbli/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-inevitably.ogg [US], en-au-inevitably.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: inevitable + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inevitable|ly}} inevitable + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} inevitably (not comparable)
  1. In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (in a manner that is impossible to avoid): certainly, inexorably, unavoidably, necessarily Translations (in a manner that this impossible to avoid): onvermydelik (Afrikaans), непазбе́жна (njepazbjéžna) (Belarusian), неміну́ча (njeminúča) (Belarusian), няўхі́льна (njaŭxílʹna) (Belarusian), неизбе́жно (neizbéžno) (Bulgarian), inevitablement (Catalan), 必將 (Chinese Mandarin), 必将 (bìjiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 必然 (bìrán) (Chinese Mandarin), 不可避免地 (bùkě bìmiǎn de) (Chinese Mandarin), nevyhnutelně (Czech), neodvratně (Czech), uundgåelig (Danish), onvermijdelijk (Dutch), neeviteble (Esperanto), vääjäämättä (Finnish), vääjäämättömästi (Finnish), väistämättömästi (Finnish), inévitablement (French), inevitablemente (Galician), inevitabelmente (Galician), zwangsläufig (German), αναπόφευκτα (anapófefkta) (Greek), αναπότρεπτα (anapótrepta) (Greek), σίγουρα (sígoura) (Greek), elkerülhetetlenül (Hungarian), óhatatlanul (Hungarian), szükségszerűen (Hungarian), inevitabilmente (Italian), 起こるべくして (okorubekushite) (Japanese), 当然 (tōzen) (Japanese), 必ず (kanarazu) (Japanese), 必然的に (hitsuzenteki ni) (Japanese), неизбежно (neizbežno) (Macedonian), uunngåelig (Norwegian Bokmål), uvegerlig (Norwegian Bokmål), inevitablament (Occitan), unforbugendlīċe (Old English), nieuchronnie (Polish), inevitavelmente (Portuguese), inevitabil (Romanian), în mod inevitabil (Romanian), неизбе́жно (neizbéžno) (Russian), немину́емо (neminújemo) (Russian), не̏избе̄жно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), не̏избје̄жно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅizbēžno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅizbjēžno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nevyhnutne (Slovak), neizogibno (Slovene), inevitablemente (Spanish), indefectiblemente (Spanish), ofrånkomligen (Swedish), немину́че (nemynúče) (Ukrainian), невідворо́тно (nevidvorótno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inevitably-en-adv-XTrE-WCV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'in a manner that is impossible to avoid': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'in a manner that this impossible to avoid': 83 17
  2. As usual; predictably; as expected. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (as usual): always, predictably, regularly Translations (as usual): neeviteble (Esperanto), poikkeuksetta (Finnish), inévitablement (French), erwartbarerweise (German), szokás szerint (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-inevitably-en-adv-HlAipL5R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'as usual': 13 87 Disambiguation of 'as usual': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ineluctably, inescapably, inevitably, relentlessly, sure as a gun, sure as fate, surely, unrelentingly Related terms: inevitability, inevitable, intrinsically

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          "ref": "1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "vääjäämättömästi"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "zwangsläufig"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anapófefkta",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "αναπόφευκτα"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sígoura",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "σίγουρα"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "roman": "okorubekushite",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "起こるべくして"
        },
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          "roman": "tōzen",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanarazu",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "必ず"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitsuzenteki ni",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "必然的に"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neizbežno",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "неизбежно"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "uunngåelig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "uvegerlig"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "inevitablament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "unforbugendlīċe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "nieuchronnie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "inevitavelmente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "inevitabil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "în mod inevitabil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neizbéžno",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "неизбе́жно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neminújemo",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "немину́емо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "не̏избе̄жно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nȅizbēžno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
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        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
          "word": "nevyhnutne"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "ofrånkomligen"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nemynúče",
          "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "nevidvorótno",
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "eo",
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          "word": "neeviteble"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "poikkeuksetta"
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as usual",
          "word": "erwartbarerweise"
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "as usual",
          "word": "szokás szerint"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “in a manner that is impossible to avoid”",
      "word": "evitably"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “in a manner that is impossible to avoid”",
      "word": "avoidably"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “in a manner that is impossible to avoid”",
      "word": "impossibly"
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “in a manner that is impossible to avoid”",
      "word": "incidentally"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “as usual”",
      "word": "unexpectedly"
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “as usual”",
      "word": "unusually"
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    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English modal adverbs",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
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  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "inevitable"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "intrinsically"
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          "text": "Inevitably, all creatures eventually die.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sun inevitably rises.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Despite the town's best efforts, the dam inevitably gave way.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The inevitably cold winter approaches.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent."
      ],
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          "impossible"
        ],
        [
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          "avoid"
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          "prevent"
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          "text": "Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lays down her head after a long night shift.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The child inevitably began to cry when his mother went to work.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The inevitably long line of customers queued for the latest 'Harry Potter'.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "As usual; predictably; as expected."
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          "predictably"
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          "expected"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈnɛvətəbli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
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      "sense": "in a manner that is impossible to avoid",
      "word": "certainly"
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      "sense": "in a manner that is impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inexorably"
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    {
      "sense": "in a manner that is impossible to avoid",
      "word": "unavoidably"
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    {
      "sense": "in a manner that is impossible to avoid",
      "word": "necessarily"
    },
    {
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "always"
    },
    {
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "predictably"
    },
    {
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "regularly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "ineluctably"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "inescapably"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "inevitably"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "relentlessly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "sure as a gun"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:inevitably",
      "word": "surely"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "onvermydelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njepazbjéžna",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "непазбе́жна"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeminúča",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "неміну́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njaŭxílʹna",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "няўхі́льна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neizbéžno",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "неизбе́жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitablement"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "必將"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìjiāng",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "必将"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìrán",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "必然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùkě bìmiǎn de",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "不可避免地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "nevyhnutelně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "neodvratně"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "uundgåelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "onvermijdelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "neeviteble"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "vääjäämättä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "vääjäämättömästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "väistämättömästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inévitablement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitablemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitabelmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "zwangsläufig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anapófefkta",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "αναπόφευκτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anapótrepta",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "αναπότρεπτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sígoura",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "σίγουρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "elkerülhetetlenül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "óhatatlanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "szükségszerűen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitabilmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okorubekushite",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "起こるべくして"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōzen",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "当然"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanarazu",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "必ず"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitsuzenteki ni",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "必然的に"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neizbežno",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "неизбежно"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "uunngåelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "uvegerlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitablament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "unforbugendlīċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "nieuchronnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitavelmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "în mod inevitabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neizbéžno",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "неизбе́жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neminújemo",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "немину́емо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏избе̄жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏избје̄жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅizbēžno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅizbjēžno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "nevyhnutne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "neizogibno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "inevitablemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "indefectiblemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "ofrånkomligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nemynúče",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "немину́че"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevidvorótno",
      "sense": "in a manner that this impossible to avoid",
      "word": "невідворо́тно"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "neeviteble"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "poikkeuksetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "inévitablement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "erwartbarerweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "as usual",
      "word": "szokás szerint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inevitably"
}

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