implacably

Examples

• All

• The protesters remained implacably opposed to the policy despite numerous attempts to negotiate.

• At the end of the story, we leave the narrator asking himself implacably, "Was I wrong?"

  Academic text (2003)

• Previous polls showed that over 60% of people supported the idea, but the Right remain implacably opposed to the proposals.

  Blog text (15)

• Conservatives do not subscribe to, indeed are implacably hostile to, the idea that human nature has a history.

  Academic text (1996)

• There are, after all, now two Palestines, each implacably opposed to the other.

  Blog text (20)

• " I told you yesterday that I was ready," she said gently, tenderly, but implacably.

  Fiction book (1990)

• However, Hungary was a nationalizing state from 1867 and was implacably opposed to national cultural autonomy.

  Academic text (2016)

• Christendom suffered another schism because of this war, and the Church implacably opposed liberalism, science, capitalism, socialism, modern culture, etc.

  Blog text (4)

• She faced the criticism implacably, refusing to change her stance on the issue.

• He sat implacably in his chair, unwilling to forgive her for what she had done.

Synonyms

I

inexorably

vsimplacably

• Formal

15 8.3

In a way that cannot be stopped or changed

is about refusal to be calmed or appeased emotionally

I

inalterably

vsimplacably

7.8

In a way that cannot be changed

is about inability to be calmed or appeased rather than permanence

Antonyms

C

calmly

110 1.0

In a calm, steady way without showing anger or nervousness

How Relentless

ruthlessly

18 6.6

implacably

1 7.9

unforgivingly

1 7.4

sternly

16 3.9

firmly

92 1.0

leniently

1 3.4

tolerantly

1 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology