immutably
- adverb
- /ɪˈmjuːtəblɪ/
- The laws of physics operate immutably, unaffected by human opinion.
Examples
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Reality to Eddie is only that which is changeless, immutably constant.
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Of these motives, only the first marks our profession as immutably important.
Academic text (1994) -
Both my names are immutably Japanese.
Fiction book (1996) -
This act is immutably decreed.
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As Catholics, we realize that no practice is immutably a part of who a person is.
Blog text (31) -
Thus immutably bound up with others and the material world through which he moves, Komunyakaa closes his dialogue between private and public history.
Fiction book (1995) -
Evidently, our number of functional sweat glands is not immutably fixed by our genes but is instead influenced by the climatic conditions that we experience very early in life.
Academic text (1991) -
This region, long famous for its rugged beauty (and a favorite of trekkers), would be changed immutably: lakes leeched, fjords flooded, and glaciers glossed.
Blog text (22) -
Her love for nature remains immutably strong, no matter the challenges she faces.
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The terms of the contract are immutably binding, requiring both parties to comply.
Synonyms
So that something cannot be changed or undone
In a way that cannot be changed back
In a way that nobody can change
In a way that cannot be separated or broken
In a way that cannot be changed
No one can make it different
In the same way every time
In a way that stays the same over time
In a way that you cannot remove
Antonyms
How Unchanging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immutably comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and mut- meaning 'change', the same root as mutate. So it describes something that 'cannot be changed' or that stays the same.