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unreachably

unreachably

8.3
So far away that you cannot reach it
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈriːtʃəblɪ/
translation icon : 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
31 5.7

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

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

In a way that cannot be overcome

frames the issue as inability to be reached or attained instead
unachievably
vsunreachably
8.4

In a way that cannot be reached

means the same inability to be reached or attained
inaccessibly
vsunreachably
8.1

So hard to reach that few people can get to it

focuses specifically on inability to be reached or attained
unfeasibly
vsunreachably
6.9

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

implies impossibility rather than only literal unreachability
insuperably
vsunreachably
  • Formal
9.9

In a way that cannot be overcome

places the focus on not being reachable or attainable instead

How Reachable

easily
1.0
accessibly
1 3.6
unreachably
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.