incontrovertibly

UK/ɪnˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː(ɹ).tɪ.bli/US/ˌɪnˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.tə.bli/

adverb

In an incontrovertible manner; in a manner not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed.

RareScrabble 26

Meanings

adverbincontrovertibly (comparative more incontrovertibly, superlative most incontrovertibly)

comparative more incontrovertibly · superlative most incontrovertibly

  1. In an incontrovertible manner; in a manner not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed.

    In such a case and under such proof the intent to kill and the deliberate and premeditated malice are incontrovertibly implied.

    1917, State v. Morris, “The Pacific Reporter”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 163, page 584
    2 more examples

    It is, incontrovertibly, our duty, if divine and civil laws have given us a rule whereby to regulate our conduct, and which may both promote the benefit of society and the good of the individual, we are obliged to act agreeably to that rule, let the conduct of others be what it may.

    1810, Thomas Comber, Adultery Analyzed: an inquiry into the causes of the prevalence of that vice, page 19

    And if word did spread that he had withdrawn his money from the bank in cash, every man and his cousin in the county would be his threat and enemy until every one of them was incontrovertibly convinced that the actual money actually was somewhere else, and exactly where that somewhere else was.

    1957, William Faulkner, The Town

    Synonyms: indisputably, irrefutably, undeniably, unquestionably

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an incontrovertible manner; in a manner not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an obvious and provable manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic بِلَا نِزَاع, لَا يَقْبَل اَلْجَدَل
  • بِلَا نِزَاع (bilā nizāʕ)in incontrovertible manner
  • لَا يَقْبَل اَلْجَدَل (lā yaqbal al-jadal)in incontrovertible manner
Chinese Mandarin 无可争议地
  • 无可争议地 (wú kě zhēngyì de)in incontrovertible manner
Dutch onweerlegbaar, ontegensprekelijk
  • onweerlegbaarin incontrovertible manner
  • ontegensprekelijkin incontrovertible manner
Finnish kiistatta, kiistattomasti
  • kiistattain incontrovertible manner
  • kiistattomastiin incontrovertible manner
French incontestablement, indiscutablement
  • incontestablementin incontrovertible manner
  • indiscutablementin incontrovertible manner
  • indéniablementin incontrovertible manner
  • irréfutablementin incontrovertible manner
German zweifellos, unwiderlegbar
  • zweifellosin incontrovertible manner
  • unwiderlegbarin incontrovertible manner
Italian incontrovertibilmente
  • incontrovertibilmentein incontrovertible manner
Polish bezspornie, bezsprzecznie
  • bezsporniein incontrovertible manner
  • bezsprzeczniein incontrovertible manner
Portuguese indiscutivelmente
  • indiscutivelmentein incontrovertible manner
Russian неопровержи́мо, неоспори́мо
  • неопровержи́мо (neoproveržímo)in incontrovertible manner
  • неоспори́мо (neosporímo)in incontrovertible manner
Spanish indisputablemente
  • indisputablementein incontrovertible manner
Swedish ovedersägligen
  • ovedersägligenin incontrovertible manner
Ukrainian неспросто́вно, незапере́чно
  • неспросто́вно (nesprostóvno)in incontrovertible manner
  • незапере́чно (nezaperéčno)in incontrovertible manner
  • безпере́чно (bezperéčno)in incontrovertible manner
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