unavoidably


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un·a·void·a·ble

(ŭn′ə-voi′də-bəl)
adj.
Impossible to avoid; inevitable. See Synonyms at certain.
un′a·void′a·bil′i·ty, un′a·void′a·ble·ness n.
un′a·void′a·bly adv.
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Adv. 1. unavoidably - by necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster "
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neizbježno

unavoidably

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəblɪ] ADV → inevitablemente
he was unavoidably detained → no pudo evitar retrasarse, se retrasó por causas ajenas a su voluntad
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unavoidably

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbli] adv → inévitablement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unavoidably

adv → notgedrungen ; to be unavoidably detained → verhindert sein; unavoidably, war films poured out of Hollywood in 1941 → es war unvermeidlich, dass 1941 Unmengen von Kriegsfilmen in Hollywood produziert wurden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unavoidably

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəblɪ] adv (detained) → per cause di forza maggiore
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"Heart" was intended for a much longer tale, and is unavoidably incomplete; but it is unnecessary to point out defects that even the juvenile reader will soon detect.
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The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subjected to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken their sense of those rights; and by degrees the people are brought to consider the soldiery not only as their protectors, but as their superiors.
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Thus, and unavoidably, at the very beginning, out of this segregation arose caste.
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Thus you are often driven by necessity itself into a state of shame and misery, which unavoidably ends in the destruction of both body and soul.
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Some six handfuls were obtained; but more was unavoidably lost in the sea, and still more, perhaps, might have been secured were it not for impatient Ahab's loud command to Stubb to desist, and come on board, else the ship would bid them good bye.
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To the possibility of motives unanswerable in themselves, though unavoidably secret for a while?
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For the truth of everything here related, I can appeal more particularly to the testimony of Colonel Fitzwilliam, who, from our near relationship and constant intimacy, and, still more, as one of the executors of my father's will, has been unavoidably acquainted with every particular of these transactions.
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Once, at a sharp turn where a man's shoulder would unavoidably brush against a screen of leaves, the bushman displayed great caution as he spread the leaves aside and exposed the head of a sharp-pointed spear, so set that the casual passer-by would receive at the least a nasty scratch.
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I date my first serious determination to throw over the medical profession at the earliest convenient opportunity, from the second season's series of dinners at which my aspirations, as a rising physician, unavoidably and regularly condemned me to be present.
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Without taking away her hand, she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed since her departure, and therefore anxious for an explanation.
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They have chosen rather to dwell on the inconveniences which must be unavoidably blended with all political advantages; and on the possible abuses which must be incident to every power or trust, of which a beneficial use can be made.
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She looked cut to the heart on that occasion; and now, as ill-luck would have it, she had been unavoidably stung again, poor soul, on the tender place.
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