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English
Etymology
From irretrievable + -ly.
Adverb
irretrievably (comparative more irretrievably, superlative most irretrievably)
- In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 17:Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]
References
- “irretrievably”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “irretrievably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.