Meanings
- not comparableIn a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
The sun inevitably rises.
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Inevitably, all creatures eventually die.
Despite the town's best efforts, the dam inevitably gave way.
The inevitably cold winter approaches.
In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.
1960 June 28, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374He could also fulfill his campaign promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of people in an abuse-ridden process that would inevitably lead to the mistaken detention of thousands of U.S. citizens.
2025 February 11, Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, “The Path to American Authoritarianism”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025Synonyms: certainly, inexorably, unavoidably, necessarily, in rerum natura
- not comparableAs usual; predictably; as expected.
The child inevitably began to cry when his mother went to work.
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Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lays down her head after a long night shift.
The inevitably long line of customers queued for the latest 'Harry Potter'.
Far from it: direct military intervention by a Western state – even if Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is requesting it – would dramatically worsen the situation, and ISIS, contrary to what pro-interventionists might say, would inevitably come out on top.
2014 June 20, Charlie Cooper, “Why the West must ignore Iraq’s pleas for military intervention”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2016Synonyms: always, predictably, regularly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
adverbAs usual; predictably; as expected.
antonym(s) of “in a manner that is impossible to avoid”
antonym(s) of “as usual”
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin such a manner as could not be otherwise
adverbby necessity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans onvermydelik
- onvermydelikin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Bulgarian неизбе́жно
- неизбе́жно (neizbéžno)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Catalan inevitablement
- inevitablementin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Chinese Mandarin 必將 /必将, 必然
- 必將 /必将 (bìjiāng)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- 必然 (bìrán)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- 不可避免地 (bùkě bìmiǎn de)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Czech nevyhnutelně, neodvratně
- nevyhnutelněin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- neodvratněin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Danish uundgåelig
- uundgåeligin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Dutch onvermijdelijk
- onvermijdelijkin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Esperanto neeviteble, neeviteble
- neeviteblein a manner that this impossible to avoid
- neevitebleas usual
Finnish vääjäämättä, vääjäämättömästi
- vääjäämättäin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- vääjäämättömästiin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- väistämättömästiin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- poikkeuksettaas usual
French inévitablement, inévitablement
- inévitablementin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- inévitablementas usual
German zwangsläufig, erwartbarerweise
- zwangsläufigin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- erwartbarerweiseas usual
Greek αναπόφευκτα, αναπότρεπτα
- αναπόφευκτα (anapófefkta)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- αναπότρεπτα (anapótrepta)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- σίγουρα (sígoura)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Hungarian elkerülhetetlenül, óhatatlanul
- elkerülhetetlenülin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- óhatatlanulin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- szükségszerűenin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- szokás szerintas usual
Italian inevitabilmente
- inevitabilmentein a manner that this impossible to avoid
Japanese 起こるべくして, 当然
- 起こるべくして (okorubekushite)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- 当然 (tōzen)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- 必ず (kanarazu)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- 必然的に (hitsuzenteki ni)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Norwegian Bokmål uunngåelig, uvegerlig
- uunngåeligin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- uvegerligin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Polish nieuchronnie, nieuniknienie
- nieuchronniein a manner that this impossible to avoid
- nieuniknieniein a manner that this impossible to avoid
- jak zwykleas usual
Portuguese inevitavelmente
- inevitavelmentein a manner that this impossible to avoid
Romanian inevitabil, în mod inevitabil
- inevitabilin a manner that this impossible to avoid
- în mod inevitabilin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Russian неизбе́жно, немину́емо
- неизбе́жно (neizbéžno)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- немину́емо (neminújemo)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Slovak nevyhnutne
- nevyhnutnein a manner that this impossible to avoid
Spanish inevitablemente, indefectiblemente
- inevitablementein a manner that this impossible to avoid
- indefectiblementein a manner that this impossible to avoid
Swedish ofrånkomligen
- ofrånkomligenin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Turkish ister istemez
- ister istemezin a manner that this impossible to avoid
Ukrainian немину́че, невідворо́тно
- немину́че (nemynúče)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
- невідворо́тно (nevidvorótno)in a manner that this impossible to avoid
Cite this entry
inevitably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inevitably
“inevitably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inevitably. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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