IRREVOCABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irrevocably mean? 

• IRREVOCABLY (adverb)
  The adverb IRREVOCABLY has 1 sense:

1. in an irrevocable manner

  Familiarity information: IRREVOCABLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRREVOCABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an irrevocable manner

Pertainym:

irrevocable (incapable of being retracted or revoked)

 Context examples 

I knew enough of your disposition to be certain that, had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady Catherine, frankly and openly.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

That although it was little else than a matter of form, I presumed I should have an opportunity of trying how I liked it, before I bound myself to it irrevocably.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Besides, since happiness is irrevocably denied me, I have a right to get pleasure out of life: and I will get it, cost what it may.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

That part of me which I had the power of projecting, had lately been much exercised and nourished; it had seemed to me of late as though the body of Edward Hyde had grown in stature, as though (when I wore that form) I were conscious of a more generous tide of blood; and I began to spy a danger that, if this were much prolonged, the balance of my nature might be permanently overthrown, the power of voluntary change be forfeited, and the character of Edward Hyde become irrevocably mine.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I understand your feeling, continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him; but you are mistaken, my friend, if thus you will allow me to name you; nothing can alter my destiny; listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably it is determined.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)