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unreachably

unreachably

1 8.3
So far away that you cannot reach it
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈriːtʃəblɪ/
: inalcanzablemente
  • unreachably far away

Examples

  • And the year 2001 represented an unimaginably magical future that we fourteen-year-olds thought was unreachably distant.

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  • The mountain peak seemed unreachably high, making the climbers reconsider their plans.

  • After months of training, the athlete still felt that the Olympic medal was unreachably out of his grasp.

  • For many students, achieving perfect grades can feel unreachably distant despite their hard work.

Synonyms

impossibly
vsunreachably
32 5.7

To a very great degree that seems like it cannot be true

emphasizes physical or practical unreachability rather than improbability
insurmountably
vsunreachably
1 8.8

In a way that cannot be overcome

frames the issue as inability to be reached or attained instead
unattainably
vsunreachably
1 7.5

In a way that is impossible to reach or achieve

is the exact same meaning expressed as inability to be attained
inaccessibly
vsunreachably
1 8.1

So hard to reach that few people can get to it

focuses specifically on inability to be reached or attained
insuperably
vsunreachably
  • Formal
1 9.9

In a way that cannot be overcome

places the focus on not being reachable or attainable instead
unfeasibly
vsunreachably
1 6.9

In a way that is not possible or very hard to do

implies impossibility rather than only literal unreachability
unachievably
vsunreachably
1 8.4

In a way that cannot be reached

means the same inability to be reached or attained

How Reachable

easily
∞ 1.0
accessibly
1 3.6
inaccessibly
1 8.1
unreachably
1 8.3

Surface Forms

unreachably positive

Morphology

unreachably = unreachable (transparent) = un + reach + able + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unreachable', which itself is transparently built from 'reach' + '-able' with negation 'un-'.

Etymology

Unreachably is made from un- 'not' and reach 'to get to', with -able and -ly added to make it describe how something is done. So, unreachably means 'in a way you cannot reach', like a book on a very high shelf or a dream that feels too far away.