Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Irreparably; irrecoverably.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an irretrievable manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an irretrievable manner

Etymologies

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irretrievable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "Tildenism is personalism, which is false to Democracy and dangerous to the Republic," and it pronounced "Tilden unfit for President" because "his political career has been marked with selfishness, treachery, and dishonour, and his name irretrievably connected with the scandals brought to light by the cipher despatches." [

    A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

  • The long-awaited law, A9753/S3890, which applies to all New York divorce filings from now on, provides that one spouse can receive a divorce by declaring under oath that a marriage has been "irretrievably" broken for at least six months.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • Now, with the new legislation passed into New York State law, spouses can terminate their marriage after six months by stating under oath that the marriage is "irretrievably" broken.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Doug Kepanis 2010

  • The settlement could amount to almost £1 billion, according to legal experts. ruled that the marriage had 'irretrievably' broken down because of her 78-year-old husband's

    RightFielders Women in Sports 2009

  • On Wednesday the Croatia-born brunette was given a 'quickie divorce' and granted a decree nisi in just 58 seconds on the grounds that the marriage had "irretrievably" broken down due to the

    Hellomagazine.com - Celebrity news headlines 2009

  • Caren Forbes, who filed for divorce in Bridgeport Superior Court in January, said their marriage was "irretrievably" broken.

    unknown title 2009

  • On Wednesday Ecclestone and his wife were granted a quickie divorce in the High Court in London on the grounds that 24-year marriage had "irretrievably" broken down.

    Planet-F1 News - News 2009

  • Caren Forbes, who filed for divorce in Bridgeport Superior Court in January, said their marriage was "irretrievably" broken.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Whether the suspects will be found guilty and on what charges, the victims have been almost irretrievably damaged!

    Global Voices in English » China: Underage prostitution ring sparks public indignation 2009

  • But when you have comments like this irretrievably brainwashed by his hate-America liberal elementary school teachers

    Bolden Visits JSC - NASA Watch 2009

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