invariably

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invariably

  • /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/ US
  • /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bli/ UK
  • /ɪnˈvɛ(ə).ɹə.bli/ colloquial, dialectal

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English variable

English invariable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English invariably

From invariable + -ly.

adverb

  1. not comparable Every time; always, without change and without exception. Near-synonyms: consistently, uniformly; see also Thesaurus:uniformly

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