irresistibly
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3.9
- adverb
- /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəblɪ/
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irresistiblemente
- The puppy was irresistibly cute, and everyone wanted to pet it.
- irresistibly drawn
So this was my first encounter with Mario, Jaime, and Gilbert's truly spellbinding, irresistibly cool black and white panels.
- So this was my first encounter with Mario, Jaime, and Gilbert's truly spellbinding, irresistibly cool black and white panels.
Examples
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As Charles Dickens said, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor and disco.
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The important thing is that it should seem as if you go home with him because you find him irresistibly attractive.
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Yet at the same time, he was drawn irresistibly to it too.
Fiction book (2000) -
I found myself irresistibly meeting the challenge of his narrowed eyes in the mirror.
Fiction book (1990) -
She's irresistibly cute, let's put it that way, in the way she presents herself.
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I found it almost irresistibly appealing and even seriously considered it for a nanosecond.
Fiction book (2000) -
This force appears to direct all things harmoniously but irresistibly towards a natural, definite, useful conclusion.
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There's a part of you that is just irresistibly attracted to these medicines.
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Then she'd turn her slanted dark eyes on you, and suddenly you'd find yourself irresistibly drawn to her.
Fiction book (1991) -
The massive room had the alien-familiar, irresistibly menacing appeal of a recurrent dream.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
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7.4
In a very strong way that is hard to resist
How Irresistible
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresistibly = irresistible (transparent) = ir + resist + ible + ly
Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'irresistible' using the productive suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word irresistibly comes from the parts ir- ('not') and resist ('to hold back' or 'say no'), the same root as the common word resist. So, something irresistibly attractive cannot be held back or refused.