indelibly

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adverb

In an indelible manner.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adverbindelibly (comparative more indelibly, superlative most indelibly)

comparative more indelibly · superlative most indelibly

  1. In an indelible manner.

    On some occasions, spiritualization is indelibly connected to mind, and is seen to be “the progress of consciousness.”

    2012, Zachary Simpson, Life as Art
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    In 1979, Jennifer Dunning, writing in The New York Times, said that Ms. Wilson had “etched herself indelibly on the consciousness of the New York balletgoing public.”

    2008 April 29, Jack Anderson, “Sallie Wilson, Dramatic Ballerina, Dies at 76”, in New York Times

    She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory!

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 89–90

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