irrelativelyadv.
/ɪˈrɛlətɪvli/ In an irrelative manner; without relation to some other thing or things. Const. to, of.
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aboard1591
inconnexedly1646
irrelatively1659
adrift1690
unrelatively1738
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 25 Considered abstractedly in it selfe and irrelatively to the rest.
1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Misc. Ess. 157 (note) Whenever the word sex is used absolutely and irrelatively, it is always to be understood of the female.
1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 100/2 Style has an absolute value..irrelatively to the subject.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii. 483 If asked irrelatively of any context, ‘what is the meaning of the words?’
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adv.1659- sleep like as sound a top
- sleep mode
- sleep movement
- sleep on both ears
- sleep rough
- sleep sofa
- sleep soft
- sleep sound
- sleep tight
- sleep training
- sleep under grass
- sleep upon both ears
- sleep wake
- sleep with both ears
- sleep with one's fathers
- sleep with the fishes
- sleep-at-noon
- sleep-awake
- sleep-away
- sleep-bedeafened
- sleep-bound
- sleep-bringer
- sleep-bringing
- sleep-causing
- sleep-coat