reversibly

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adverb

In a way that can be undone.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English reversible →
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Meanings

adverbreversibly (comparative more reversibly, superlative most reversibly)

comparative more reversibly · superlative most reversibly

  1. In a way that can be undone.
  2. Relating to something that is reversible.

    In order to accommodate the new platform 4 and the reversibly signalled slow line, a deep cutting had to be cut back and held up in places with a concrete retaining wall.

    1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 405

Origin

  1. Englishreversible
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishreversibly

From reversible + -ly.

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APA

reversibly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversibly

MLA

“reversibly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversibly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reversibly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversibly.

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