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indispensably

indispensably

1 5.2
In a way that is absolutely needed
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbli/
  • Formal
translation icon : indispensablemente
  • Hence, Bishop Berkeley felt "indispensably obliged, by the duty every man owes mankind," to write and publish The Medicinal Virtues of Tar Water (1744).
  • indispensably necessary

Examples

  • Education is indispensably important for personal and societal development.

  • So once you give your word or agreement, Locke says, you are perpetually and indispensably obligated to that state.

  • Instead of functioning as independent or itinerant faculty, specialists indispensably work with classroom teachers; they serve as experienced music resource experts.

    Academic text (1996)
  • A paradox that is indispensably linked to the threat to her dwindling 6,000-member Stone Age tribe.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But like Hobbes's argument from authorization, these arguments, as Part II will show, also relied indispensably on conceptions of male identity.

    Academic text (2009)
  • To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies—all this is indispensably necessary.

    Blog text (14)
  • In an emergency, medical assistance is indispensably necessary to save lives.

  • Water is indispensably needed for all living organisms to survive.

Synonyms

necessarily
vsindispensably
3.7

In a way that cannot be avoided

focuses on absolute necessity rather than inevitability
vitally
vsindispensably
22 3.9

In a way that is very important for something to happen

emphasizes absolute requirement rather than urgency

Antonyms

48 3.7

Without a good reason

How Necessary

indispensably
  • Formal
1 5.2
vitally
22 3.9
necessarily
3.7
usefully
5 1.1
optionally
3 3.5

Surface Forms

indispensably positive

Morphology

indispensably = indispensable (semi-transparent) = in + dispens + able + ly

The adverb is regularly formed from the adjective 'indispensable' with '-ly' and keeps the same meaning.

Etymology

The word indispensably comes from in- meaning 'not' and dispense meaning 'to give out', so it originally meant 'not able to be given out'. That's why something called indispensable is absolutely necessary and cannot be done without.