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unquestionably

adv
/ʌnˈkwɛs.t͡ʃən.ə.bli/UK/ʌnˈkwes.t͡ʃən.ə.blɪ/

Etymology

From unquestionable + -ly or un- + question + -ably.

  1. derived from *kʷeh₂-✻
  2. derived from *kʷaizeō✻
  3. derived from quaestiōnem
  4. derived from question
  5. derived from questiun
  6. inherited from questioun
  7. formed as unquestionable — “un- + question + -able”
  8. formed as unquestionably — “unquestionable + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Without question

    Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably.

    • It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.
    • Mary Slessor wasn’t technically the first missionary to oppose twin killing in Calabar, but she was unquestionably the most effective and relentless.

  2. OK, right-on

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unquestionably. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unquestionably02indubitably03doubt04harbour05standard06accepted07believed08believe09certainty

A definitional loop anchored at unquestionably. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at unquestionably

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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