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Synonyms for ineluctable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-i-luhk-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪˈlʌk tə bəl



Définition of ineluctable

Origin :
  • "not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).
  • adj certain
Example sentences :
  • To step across the line would have been an ineluctable attempt.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Exactly: and that is the ineluctable modality of the audible.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • The business bound his imagination with an ineluctable fascination.
  • Extract from : « The Destroying Angel » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The blows of fate are ineluctable; no man shall evade his doom.
  • Extract from : « The Revolt of the Angels » by Anatole France
  • For the first time in its history the Court was one voice, speaking through its Chief Justice the ineluctable decrees of the law.
  • Extract from : « John Marshall and the Constitution » by Edward S. Corwin
  • But whatever betide, I shall have had my shot at the alluring yet ineluctable problem of human folly.
  • Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee
  • She was beauty, beauty with its elusive, ineluctable spell, entangled with the appeal of her helplessness.
  • Extract from : « The Fortieth Door » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Jack was sure of it; his exhausted spirit had surrendered utterly to an ineluctable despair.
  • Extract from : « My Lord Duke » by E. W. Hornung
  • He might almost outlive her, might for ever stand as the one ineluctable check upon her peace of mind.
  • Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle

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