inexorably

[in-ek-ser-uh-blee]

adverb

1. in a way that is unyielding, unchangeable, or unavoidable.

   Fate seemed to be working inexorably, relentlessly, to bring about the dictator's downfall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexorably¹

inexorab(le) ( def. ) + -ly -

Example Sentences

The short squeeze forcing the price inexorably higher at present is building on fundamental drivers that have been apparent throughout 2025.

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To stand in the middle and view them in the round is to see how ruin and repair, falling and rising, are inexorably bound.

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"Their desire to keep their baby girl led inexorably to the death of that very baby," he said.

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His momentum grew inexorably, inevitably, even as that “hoo-ah” became a joke almost immediately after “Scent of a Woman” was released.

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What makes use of the device so insidious is not simply the monitoring, of course, but that trivial actions, and even non-actions, mere thoughts, lead inexorably to nightmarish scenarios.

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