irresistibly

adv

Etymology

From irresistible + -ly.

  1. borrowed from irresistibilis
  2. suffixed as irresistibly — “irresistible + ly

Definitions

  1. In an irresistible manner.

    • And yet, at other times, there is a mysterious indraft, which irresistibly draws a passing vessel among the isles, though not bound to them.
    • Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
    • The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA