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irrefragably, adv.|ɪˈrɛfrəgəblɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an irrefragable manner.
1. So as not to admit of being refuted; incontrovertibly, indisputably.
1626Jackson Creed viii. xxiv. §2 The argument or demonstration is..most irrefragably prest home to this purpose by our apostle. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 176 ⁋6 Even when he can irrefragably refute all objections. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. iv. 25 This demand is irrefragably just, is growing urgent too. 1885L'pool Daily Post 27 Mar. 4/6 Words in which the Premier irrefragably lays down the principle by which the new Convention is justified.
2. So as not to admit of being broken; inviolably; irresistibly. Now rare.
1593R. Harvey Philad. 9, I cannot tell what historie may stand irrefragably by this determination. 1646J. Temple Irish Rebell. 10 The malignant impressions of irreligion and barbarisme..had irrefragably stiffned their necks. 1647Case Kingd. 15 All men must be irrefragably subject to their pleasure. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xiv. 152 By custom irrefragably preserved at all times. |