ineluctably

adverb

as in inevitably
because of necessity writing poetry is an ineluctably solitary activity

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Recent Examples of ineluctably The landscape is ineluctably moving toward standardized and digitally enabled operations. — Alexander Clausbruch, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 Film, like writing, is ineluctably linear, an experience cast in time. — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineluctably
  1. inevitably
  2. necessarily
Adverb
  • Reports suggest that installing and taking down the stages will inevitably cause the break to stretch way longer than normal.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • If Russian energy remains an option whenever market conditions become uncomfortable, then the credibility of Europe’s long-term sanctions policy inevitably comes into question.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of inevitably
Adverb
  • The defense of our approach is not that our estimates are necessarily more accurate.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • But the desire trickles down because those faces are necessarily visually overrepresented.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of necessarily

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