adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
If something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.
Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.
Inevitably, the proposal is running into difficulties.
Synonyms: unavoidably, naturally, necessarily, surely More Synonyms of inevitably
Examples of 'inevitably' in a sentence
inevitably
In doing so they fool themselves that the wisdom of the people must inevitably support their world view.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Almost inevitably, the final quarter became a question of resistance.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For their part, the unions have to accept that technology inevitably leads to changes in the role of workers.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This inevitably means weekends and bank holidays, when passenger numbers can be down by up to 50 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The body said that "draconian cuts in support services "will inevitably lead to deterioration inservice, which can be avoided if CIOs spend wisely.
Computing (2010)
For this concert his band was reduced to just a quartet, which inevitably meant that some of the pieces were more like pencil sketches than Technicolor epics.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which leads inevitably to the question of race.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which brings us inevitably back to the body.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What a camera "captures" inevitably becomes performance.
Christianity Today (2000)
This means that income to those investors must inevitably be lumpy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In those days a wet spring would inevitably mean a hungry winter.
Len Deighton Bomber
These cuts will inevitably lead to growing pressure on adult services.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The rest of this year inevitably will bring new challenges.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But it would inevitably mean that fat patients who smoke and drink would wait longer.
The Sun (2013)
Such a drain of energy leads inevitably to fatigue.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
Such unthinkable setbacks on the racecourse inevitably bring unwarranted gossip from the punting masses.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And a longer borrowing period inevitably means a rise in the cost of the loan.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Growing annual grain crops such as wheat over lengthy periods inevitably leads to soil damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To begin with the whole idea is horribly embarrassing because it inevitably means the pelvic walk and a confident swagger.
Bain, Roly Fools Rush In - A Call to Christian Clowning (1993)
The result must inevitably be revolution.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
Yet is is clear that this must inevitably involve an unwinding of the vast holdings of bonds that they are building up.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's a dilemma individuals and families face almost inevitably.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Almost inevitably, it is in verse.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Inevitably it would become "less Italian".
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
Inevitably, he becomes the target of the men he plans to kill.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Together, the leaders refused to accept that their nations must inevitably decline.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A split result would almost inevitably mean fresh elections.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He wonders if the sports he takes part in will inevitably lead to the long-term physical problems that he has read about.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
inevitably
British English: inevitably ADVERB
If something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.
Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.
American English: inevitably
Brazilian Portuguese: inevitavelmente
Chinese: 必然发生地
European Spanish: inevitablemente
French: inévitablement
German: zwangsläufig
Italian: inevitabilmente
Japanese: 必然的に
Korean: 불가피하게
European Portuguese: inevitavelmente
Latin American Spanish: inevitablemente
Chinese translation of 'inevitably'
inevitably
(ɪnˈɛvɪtəblɪ)
adv
必然地 (bìrán de)
(adverb)
Inevitably, the proposal is running into difficulties.
Synonyms
unavoidably
naturally
necessarily
In any policy area, a number of ministries is necessarily involved.
surely
She knew that with enough dedication and work she would surely pass the course.
certainly
as a result
automatically
consequently
My grandfather sustained a broken back and, consequently, spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
of necessity
The recommendations made in this handbook are, of necessity, fairly general.
perforce (formal)
He had, perforce, to be content with being second.
inescapably
as a necessary consequence
Additional synonyms
in the sense of consequently
Definition
as a result
My grandfather sustained a broken back and, consequently, spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Synonyms
as a result,
thus,
therefore,
necessarily,
hence,
subsequently,
accordingly,
for that reason,
thence,
ergo
in the sense of necessarily
Definition
inevitably
In any policy area, a number of ministries is necessarily involved.
Synonyms
inevitably,
of necessity,
compulsorily,
unavoidably,
perforce (formal),
incontrovertibly,
nolens volens,
consequently,
inexorably,
ineluctably
in the sense of of necessity
Definition
inevitably
The recommendations made in this handbook are, of necessity, fairly general.