immutably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English immutable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English immutably

From immutable + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmjuːtəblɪ/

Adverb

immutably (comparative more immutably, superlative most immutably)

1. In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 33, in Jane Eyre:

     My task was a very hard one; but, as I was absolutely resolved - as my cousins saw at length that my mind was really and immutably fixed on making a just division of the property....they yielded at length.

Synonyms

• unalterably, unchangeably; See also Thesaurus:uniformly