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incorrigibly

American  
[in-kawr-ij-uhb-lee] / ɪnˈkɔr ɪdʒ əb li /

adverb

  1. in a way or to a degree that is incorrigible and resistant to correction, control, or influence.


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But nothing I have read in the scientific literature explains longevity better than the lives of my incorrigibly social parents, Benjamin and Marsha Emanuel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

To head that off, he dangled a $15 billion loan that Yanukovych — by then the legitimately elected but incorrigibly corrupt president — accepted.

From Seattle Times Apr. 2, 2022

We think of our northern neighbors as incorrigibly polite, their politics as moderate and their capital city — when we consider it at all — as boring, the Sacramento of the north.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2022

I am incorrigibly nosy, and reading essays is a socially acceptable outlet for it.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2022

This family was so, well, incorrigibly miserable, one might easily conclude that they too were under a curse.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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