as in inevitably
because of necessity
we'll be unavoidably late this evening
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Recent Examples of unavoidably
If you are unavoidably delayed, call and let the place know.
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
Guiteau is interesting, too, a clearly troubled man who became mobilized in ways the series links unavoidably, for me at least, to current online message boards and other radical corners of the web.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The influencer, 36, has made her name online sharing the good, bad and often unavoidably comical realities of her life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
So in theory, at least, robot soldiers could outperform human ones, who often and sometimes unavoidably make mistakes in the heat of battle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
Guiteau is interesting, too, a clearly troubled man who became mobilized in ways the series links unavoidably, for me at least, to current online message boards and other radical corners of the web.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The influencer, 36, has made her name online sharing the good, bad and often unavoidably comical realities of her life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
So in theory, at least, robot soldiers could outperform human ones, who often and sometimes unavoidably make mistakes in the heat of battle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidably
Adverb
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Teams often visit with players for further interviews, which inevitably get covered in the football media.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Once the dust settles, both Lively and Baldoni will be tasked with rehabilitating their reputations, and attention will inevitably turn to the next high-profile celebrity case.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
Adverb
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Unlike other Western leaders—and the foreign-policy establishment in Washington—Sánchez sees China in more pragmatic terms rather than as necessarily a strategic rival.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Seeing a fawn alone doesn't necessarily mean it's abandoned; the mother is likely nearby and observing.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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