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unˈanswerably, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. In a manner not capable of being answered or refuted; irrefutably.
1584Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) 107 But vnto this we haue answered unanswerably. 1624Gataker Transubst. 68 So plainely and unanswerably doe they teach the literal understanding of our Saviours words. 1679Marg. Mason Tickler Tickled 6 This was certainly and unanswerably a knowledge sufficient of the persons. 1710Steele Tatler No. 195 ⁋6, I have unanswerably proved, that Jointures and Settlements are the Bane of Happiness. 1782F. Burney Let. May, All you say about the annuity and the money appears to me unanswerably right. 1802Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 14/2 Errors that have been so frequently, and so unanswerably exposed. 1884Ld. Coleridge in Law Times Rep. 2 Aug. 694/2 The judgment..interprets the statute quite rightly and unanswerably.
2. Unconformably, unsuitably.
1656Baxter Reformed Pastor (1862) 209 [To] deliver the message of God so..unanswerably to its dignity, and the need of men's souls. |