indestructibly

indestructibly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English destruct
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ibilis
Old French -ibleder.
Middle English -ible
English -ible
English destructible
English indestructible
English -ly
English indestructibly

    From indestructible + -ly.

    Adverb

    indestructibly (comparative more indestructibly, superlative most indestructibly)

    1. In a way or to an extent that is indestructible
      • 1918, Ferdinand Schureman Schenck, The Apostles' Creed in the Twentieth Century‎[1], page 183:
        That is a fact; it cannot be changed — it is written indestructibly on the record of events.
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