unavoidably

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

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Recent Examples of unavoidably 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
  • Anything that went awry in the area seemed to inevitably lead to suspicion that Phillips might be involved.
    Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These are the Browns, which means more excruciating losses are inevitably incoming.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That’s going to remain; nobody’s going to necessarily change the standards or how to do it.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But Tennessee Williams didn’t say anything about remembrance of things past necessarily rendering people into cardboard and circumstance into stereotype.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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