indistinguishably
- adverb
- /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəblɪ/
- The twins dressed alike and spoke indistinguishably, causing some confusion among their friends.
- merge indistinguishably
Examples
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Usual assimilationist models assume a broadly flowing mainstream containing the dominant, character-giving culture of America, while viewing immigrant cultures as tributaries, flowing on their own for a while, perhaps, but whose waters become indistinguishably lost once they flow into the central river.
Academic text (1991) -
In contrast to my prior experience, it turns out some professed atheists behave in public indistinguishably from your lower grade of Christian.
Blog text (24) -
Such cities as they found—the world seemed sparsely settled—merged indistinguishably with the countryside.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the new design, the colors blend indistinguishably with the background, making it hard to see where one ends and the other begins.
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When the fog rolled in, the trees appeared indistinguishably from the mist, creating a surreal landscape.
Synonyms
In a way you cannot see or notice
Antonyms
How Distinguishable
Surface Forms
Morphology
indistinguishably = indistinguishable (transparent) = in + distinguish + able + ly
Adding '-ly' to the adjective 'indistinguishable' straightforwardly forms an adverb meaning 'in an indistinguishable way'.
Etymology
Indistinguishably comes from the parts in- ('not') and distinguish ('tell apart'). So, indistinguishably describes something done in a way you 'cannot tell apart', like identical twins wearing the same clothes.