incontrovertibly

adverb

as in certainly
without any question an incontrovertibly accurate measurement of the height of the mountain

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Recent Examples of incontrovertibly When the optics are incontrovertibly bad, start selling the illusion. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 May 2026 Nissan Leaf The third-generation of the Nissan Leaf is incontrovertibly the best. — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025 There’s something sacred about that—something incontrovertibly magical. — Corey Buhay, Outside, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontrovertibly
  1. certainly
  2. definitely
  3. surely
  4. clearly
  5. sure
  6. probably
  7. undoubtedly
Adverb
  • An exploded sunfish spread out in the water in thousands of pieces is certainly easier to share, offering another possible explanation for this practice.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • So Dejan Joveljic’s goal in the 28th minute to break a scoreless deadlock was certainly a welcome sign.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of certainly
Adverb
  • The Alphabet subsidiary filed 488 crash reports to the agency during the study period, of which researchers found 89 definitely or plausibly police-reportable.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • These advances will definitely help build a future where AI models could actually be run on the phone with minimal power consumption.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Definition of definitely
Adverb
  • What the museum surely didn’t expect was for the trophy to arrive freshly imbued with New York history.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
  • His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of surely
Adverb
  • With Cincinnati clearly swinging for the fences after an active offseason in hopes of maximizing quarterback Joe Burrow’s prime, Pitcher could receive an even larger spotlight.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The true number of cases is in the thousands, clearly exceeding the country’s standard range of between 2,000 and 5,000 in recent years.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Definition of clearly
Adverb
  • Louis Varland being a better trade deadline pickup from that Twins bullpen than Griffin Jax sure is something else.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Kennedy, a shortstop who hails from Fort Worth, improved his play dramatically after undergoing LASIK surgery, and scouts sure took notice.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
Definition of sure
Adverb
  • The previous disruptions to shipping between 2023 and 2025 probably cost some $20 billion a year, according to industry estimates.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The biggest hope was probably SpaceXAI, trumpeting the promise of generative artificial intelligence.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of probably
Adverb
  • Both Anderson and Rogers are undoubtedly very valuable players, but the reason their fees have hit such heights is as much to do with circumstance as talent.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • But the little fellow is a rare and interesting trophy and one that undoubtedly will astound the visiting firemen.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
Definition of undoubtedly

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“Incontrovertibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontrovertibly. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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