INVARIABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invariably mean? 

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

1. without variation or change, in every case

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVARIABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without variation or change, in every case

Synonyms:

always; constantly; invariably

Context example:

he always arrives on time

Pertainym:

invariable (not liable to or capable of change)

 Context examples 

Singularity is almost invariably a clue.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The latter were rarely taken in the boats, for a seal shot at long range with a rifle invariably sank before a boat could reach it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I suspect it may have been because nothing had a place of its own, except Jip's pagoda, which invariably blocked up the main thoroughfare.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He found that this was no light task, and at wheel or lookout he steadily went over and over his lengthening list of pronunciations and definitions, while he invariably memorized himself to sleep.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The stroma invariably contains chronic inflammatory cells, mostly T-lymphocytes.

(Ovarian Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The DH domain is invariably proceeded by a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain.

(DH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Beauty Smith had estimated his powers well, for he was invariably the victor.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But her promise of relating it to her sister was invariably painful.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Before deciding that question I had grasped the significance of the silence of the dog, for one true inference invariably suggests others.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)