insuperablyadv.
/ɪnˈsjuːpərəbli/ In an insuperable manner, or so as not to be overcome; unconquerably; insurmountably.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adverb] > insuperably
insuperably1675
insurmountably1861
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 9 Some say, that he [God] decreed to predetermine men insuperably to the forbidden act.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 282 The latter, being so insuperably hard hinders the splitting of it.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 180. ⁋8 Many who toil through the intricacy of complicated systems are insuperably embarrassed with the least perplexity in common affairs.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. v. 486 From its nature it [the poem] is insuperably wearisome.
1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 65 An island of the middle sea, In watery barriers bound insuperably.
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