inevitably

[ in-ev-i-tuh-blee ]

adverb

1. in a way that cannot be avoided or escaped; as will certainly or necessarily happen:

   All we parents can do is our best, and when we inevitably screw up, we know that tomorrow's another day.

Other Words From

• qua·si-in·ev·i·ta·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inevitably¹

inevitab(le) ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Innocents inevitably become the bycatch.

From Salon

Put another way, Taylor explained to me, today’s acceptance of climate change on the far right — and, inevitably, he said, among conservatives writ large — is ushering in a more clear-eyed view of what lies ahead for America, one that accepts the possibility, even the necessity, of sacrifice.

From Salon

The demand for Glastonbury tickets inevitably attracts scam artists and fraudsters, who prey on people's desperation to separate them from their money.

From BBC

She undermined the basic argument that content creators have made against AI firms: that the process of feeding their AI models data indiscriminately “scraped” from the internet inevitably involves using copyrighted content without permission.

From Los Angeles Times

In a key scene it is established that once Caitlyn’s politics became monstrous, her personal life would inevitably follow.

From Salon

Related Words

• necessarily
• surely