Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an invulnerable manner; so as to be proof against wounds, injury, or assault; of an argument, irrefutably.
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- adverb In an
invulnerable manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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'None!' answered he, rubbing his eyes; 'I am invulnerably asleep at this very moment!
Camilla 2008
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As long as they were invulnerably based, nuclear weapons in this condition would retain their deterrent capacity against the use of nuclear weapons by others.
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It was situated on a bluff above the Pisoraca River, but not invulnerably so; at Pompey's advent the whole district surrendered without a fight.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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But what happens when we behave invulnerably, when we gird ourselves with psychological defenses and pretend that we are cool cats who have got it all together, rugged individualists who seem to be in complete control of our lives?
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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But what happens when we behave invulnerably, when we gird ourselves with psychological defenses and pretend that we are cool cats who have got it all together, rugged individualists who seem to be in complete control of our lives?
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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A little coarser nature would not have borne the strain; it would have had to come to terms with itself -- with a sigh, with a grunt, or even with a guffaw; a still coarser one would have remained invulnerably ignorant and completely uninteresting.
Lord Jim 1899
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On the other hand, the Southerners, lying secure in intrenched positions upon the precipitous sides and lofty summits of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, seemed invulnerably placed.
Abraham Lincoln Morse, John T 1899
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A little coarser nature would not have borne the strain; it would have had to come to terms with itself -- with a sigh, with a grunt, or even with a guffaw; a still coarser one would have remained invulnerably ignorant and completely uninteresting.
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1890
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'None!' answered he, rubbing his eyes; 'I am invulnerably asleep at this very moment!
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I thought, vainly, I fear, thought that the devotion of love -- love strong as even you can feel -- love guarded, invulnerably guarded, by all the purity of virtue, and all the pride of honour; I thought such a love would make you happy -- shall I be mistaken?
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777
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