Incurably
[ɪn'kjʊrəbli]
Definition
(adv.) in a manner impossible to cure; 'he is incurably ill'.
(adv.) to an incurable degree; 'she was incurably optimistic'.
Checker: Rhonda--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably.
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Examples
- Macedonia does, indeed, arise in the background of this incurably divided Greece as the Medes and Persians arose behind the Chaldean Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her manner was incurably gentle; and she was not aware how much it concealed the sternness of her purpose. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I should have opened the doors of the Prison of Life, and have extended to the captive (incurably afflicted in mind and body both) a happy release. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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