English

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Etymology

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From irrespective +‎ -ly or ir- +‎ respectively.

Adverb

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irrespectively (not comparable)

  1. Corresponding to exactly 2 items in the opposite order they were listed. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  2. Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.
    • 2003, Patrick Bonin, chapter 8, in Mental Lexicon: Some Words to Talk About Words, →ISBN, page 175:
      This suggests that consistency plays a role irrespectively of frequency.