Definitions
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- adverb In a
curable manner.
Etymologies
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curable + -ly
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Examples
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On closer in'spection, he was unable to tell if they had been in-curably damaged by the explosion, or had been deliberately sabotaged.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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Her parents had been in - curably frivolous, Mrs. Hayne was incurably serious, and Delia, by some unconscious powers of selection, tended to frivolity of conduct, corrected by seriousness of thought.
The Lamp of Psyche 1895
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Page curably frivolous, Mrs. Hayne was incurably serious, and Delia, by some unconscious powers of selection, tended to frivolity of conduct, corrected by seriousness of thought.
The Lamp of Psyche 1895
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