unavoidably

as in inevitably
because of necessity we'll be unavoidably late this evening

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Recent Examples of unavoidably Guiteau is interesting, too, a clearly troubled man who became mobilized in ways the series links unavoidably, for me at least, to current online message boards and other radical corners of the web. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025 The influencer, 36, has made her name online sharing the good, bad and often unavoidably comical realities of her life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidably
Adverb
  • Its greatest — and most realistic — role is as a legal safety net for when the world inevitably speeds past that limit.
    Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Gutting the refugee program—at a time when violence across the world is reaching the highest levels since World War II—is a choice that will inevitably endanger millions of people.
    Grace Meng, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • That doesn’t mean the House majority is necessarily safe.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Not that the bush honeysuckles are necessarily particularly good for birds.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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