Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an incontrovertible manner.
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- adverb In an
incontrovertible manner; in a manner not capable of beingdenied ,challenged , ordisputed .
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- adverb in an obvious and provable manner
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Examples
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In fact, I learned from Bear Grylls (I assume that television shows remain incontrovertibly educational?) that we can survive in the harshest environments for so long as we have a canteen, shoelaces, socks and a camera crew.
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But to argue that de Lubicz has resolved the presumptive paradox "incontrovertibly" is nonsense; to dogmatize that Egyptian science was under-pinned by a hermetic religious philosophy is, at best, wildly speculative; and to write off orthodox interpretations of Egyptian religious symbolism as "banal" tells us more about Mr. West's unspoken, and probably unconscious, prejudices than it does about the vexed problems of Egyptian eschatology.
The Secrets of the Pyramids West, John Anthony 1979
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In the piece, ostensibly about the quite likely reality that our Web-empowered culture is gaining in information but declining in knowledge, Thompson complains that there are too many rubes who ask the following ignorant questions about "incontrovertibly" "settled facts":
The Point 2009
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On these occasions, as well as in those above mentioned, the conduct of this truly vir - tuous judge, was such as incontrovertibly shewed that the law is no respecter of persojis; and his persevering exertions to restrain the destructive vice of gaming, have been attended with no in - considerable degree of success.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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Over five decades of empirical data from nuclear tests and EMP simulators prove incontrovertibly that the EMP threat is very real.
James Jay Carafano: New York Times Turns Blind Eye to EMP Threat James Jay Carafano 2011
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Over five decades of empirical data from nuclear tests and EMP simulators prove incontrovertibly that the EMP threat is very real.
James Jay Carafano: New York Times Turns Blind Eye to EMP Threat James Jay Carafano 2011
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And significantly, each statement in the above ad is incontrovertibly true.
Jonathan Miller: In Defense of the Indefensible: The Value of Truthful Negative Ads Jonathan 2011
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Over five decades of empirical data from nuclear tests and EMP simulators prove incontrovertibly that the EMP threat is very real.
James Jay Carafano: New York Times Turns Blind Eye to EMP Threat James Jay Carafano 2011
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And significantly, each statement in the above ad is incontrovertibly true.
Jonathan Miller: In Defense of the Indefensible: The Value of Truthful Negative Ads Jonathan 2011
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Over five decades of empirical data from nuclear tests and EMP simulators prove incontrovertibly that the EMP threat is very real.
James Jay Carafano: New York Times Turns Blind Eye to EMP Threat James Jay Carafano 2011
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