Meanings
comparative more irreversibly · superlative most irreversibly
- In an irreversible manner.
But almost always such words are irreversibly established before the objectors learn of their existence, and the objections are hardly more than academic exercises.
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 1121 more example
We also perform IR-VIS absorbance measurements and find that the results suggest that during irradiation some of the dye molecules form dimers and trimers and that the polymer host is irreversibly damaged by photooxidation and Norrish type I photocleavage.
2015, Benjamin R. Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Hergen Eilers, “Photodegradation and self-healing in a Rhodamine 6G dye and Y₂O₃ nanoparticle-doped polyurethane random laser”, in App. Phys. B, volumes 1-12, pages 1–12
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From irreversible + -ly or ir- + reversibly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech nevratně
- nevratněIn an irreversible manner
Danish uigenkaldeligt
- uigenkaldeligtIn an irreversible manner
Esperanto senrevene
- senreveneIn an irreversible manner
Finnish peruuttamattomasti, kumoamattomasti
- peruuttamattomastiIn an irreversible manner
- kumoamattomastiIn an irreversible manner
- pysyvästiIn an irreversible manner
French irréversiblement
- irréversiblementIn an irreversible manner
German unumkehrbar, irreversibel
- unumkehrbarIn an irreversible manner
- irreversibelIn an irreversible manner
- unwiderruflichIn an irreversible manner
- unabänderlichIn an irreversible manner
Greek χωρίς επιστροφή, αμετάκλητα
- χωρίς επιστροφή (chorís epistrofí)In an irreversible manner
- αμετάκλητα (ametáklita)In an irreversible manner
Hungarian visszafordíthatatlanul
- visszafordíthatatlanulIn an irreversible manner
Italian irreversibilmente
- irreversibilmenteIn an irreversible manner
Latvian neatgriežami
- neatgriežamiIn an irreversible manner
Lithuanian negrįžtamai
- negrįžtamaiIn an irreversible manner
Polish bezpowrotnie, nieodwracalnie
- bezpowrotnieIn an irreversible manner
- nieodwracalnieIn an irreversible manner
- niepowetowanieIn an irreversible manner
Russian бесповоротно
- бесповоротно (bespovorotno)In an irreversible manner
Swedish oåterkalleligt
- oåterkalleligtIn an irreversible manner
Cite this entry
irreversibly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreversibly
“irreversibly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreversibly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irreversibly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreversibly.
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