irrevocably

English

Etymology

From irrevocable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛ.və.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹɪˈvəʊ.kə.bli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛ.və.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹəˈvoʊ.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹiˈvoʊ.kə.bli/

  • Audio (General American); /ɪ.ɹəˈvoʊ.kə.bli/:

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Adverb

irrevocably (comparative more irrevocably, superlative most irrevocably)

1. In an irrevocable manner; in a manner which prevents the ability to be reverted, repealed, or undone.

   Synonyms: irreversibly, indelibly, irrepealably

   Near-synonym: permanently

   • 1952, Robert Irwin Mehr, Emerson Cammack, Principles of Insurance:

     Two distinct cases must be noted: (1) rights of the beneficiary who has been named revocably, that is, with the insured retaining the right to change the beneficiary designation; and (2) rights of the beneficiary who has been named irrevocably by the insured.

Usage notes

• Pronunciations with antepenultimate stress are common, but sometimes proscribed.

Translations

in an irrevocable manner

• Armenian: անդառնալիորեն (hy) (andaṙnalioren)
• Finnish: peruuttamattomasti (fi)
• Hungarian: visszavonhatatlanul (hu)
• Polish: nieodwołalnie (pl), bezapelacyjnie (pl)
• Swedish: oåterkalleligen (sv)

References

• irrevocably in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.