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irrecoverably, adv.|ɪrɪˈkʌvərəblɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In an irrecoverable manner; without the possibility of recovery, restoration, or cure; irretrievably; incurably.
1589J. Wolley Let. to Burghley in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. IV. 75 He should not hasten irrecoverably the sale of his land. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 20 What griefe..to see men fall irrecoverably from the loue and lawes of the Creatour? 1605Timme Quersit. ii. iv. 118 Men which are irrecouerably diseased. 1683Dryden Life Plutarch 74 Works of his which are irrecoverably lost. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxix. III. 131 While they delayed the necessary assistance, the unfortunate Mascezel was irrecoverably drowned. 1847Grote Greece ii. xlv. (1862) IV. 74 The maritime power of ægina was irrecoverably ruined. |
