unreachably
- adverb
- /ʌnˈriːtʃəblɪ/
- unreachably far away
Examples
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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.
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After months of training, the athlete still felt that the Olympic medal was unreachably out of his grasp.
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For many students, achieving perfect grades can feel unreachably distant despite their hard work.
Synonyms
To a very great degree that seems like it cannot be true
In a way that is impossible to reach or achieve
In a way that cannot be overcome
In a way that cannot be reached
So hard to reach that few people can get to it
In a way that is not possible or very hard to do
In a way that cannot be overcome
How Reachable
Surface Forms
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.