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UNFORGIVABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unforgivably mean?
• UNFORGIVABLY (adverb)
The adverb UNFORGIVABLY has 1 sense:
1. in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree
Familiarity information: UNFORGIVABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree
Synonyms:
inexcusably; unforgivably; unpardonably
Context example:
he was inexcusably cruel to his wife
Antonym:
forgivably (in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree)
Pertainym:
unforgivable (not excusable)
Context examples
Wilson was so sick that he looked guilty, unforgivably guilty—as if he had just got some poor girl with child.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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