Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an unmanageable manner; uncontrollably; so as to be unmanageable.

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  • adverb In an unmanageable manner; uncontrollably.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb so as to be unmanageable

Etymologies

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unmanageable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Prominent evolutionists write in their professional journals, The fossil record … has become almost unmanageably rich.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The film is stylistically self-conscious, almost to a fault, and almost unmanageably ambitious.

    Surprise: A Newly Exhilarating 'X-Men' Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Prominent evolutionists write in their professional journals, The fossil record … has become almost unmanageably rich.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Prominent evolutionists write in their professional journals, The fossil record … has become almost unmanageably rich.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Prominent evolutionists write in their professional journals, The fossil record … has become almost unmanageably rich.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • It sagged again and again, a weight too unmanageably heavy for her ropy neck, and she fought futilely to keep it upright.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • It sagged again and again, a weight too unmanageably heavy for her ropy neck, and she fought futilely to keep it upright.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • If you are studying, say, the group dynamics of a new MMO, you may find that beyond a certain point guilds become unmanageably large and break up.

    Mapping finalized 2010

  • It sagged again and again, a weight too unmanageably heavy for her ropy neck, and she fought futilely to keep it upright.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • It sagged again and again, a weight too unmanageably heavy for her ropy neck, and she fought futilely to keep it upright.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

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