Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
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- adverb In an
impregnable manner; in a manner todefy attack .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an impregnable manner
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Examples
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Traditionally, the response of Egyptologists to "pyramidiots", as Khufu-scorners are known in academe, has been to ensure that their own books are as impregnably boring as possible.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson; Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley; and Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple Tom Holland 2010
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Here they have excavated bomb-proof Barracks, and can lodge an army almost impregnably, scouring all the ditches with Cannon, and defying every thing but starvation. —
Letter 290 2009
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A “reverence for the … rights of freemen, and a regard for the public harmony,” he told the members of Congress, would “sufficiently influence your deliberations on … how far the former can be impregnably fortified, or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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A “reverence for the … rights of freemen, and a regard for the public harmony,” he told the members of Congress, would “sufficiently influence your deliberations on … how far the former can be impregnably fortified, or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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A “reverence for the … rights of freemen, and a regard for the public harmony,” he told the members of Congress, would “sufficiently influence your deliberations on … how far the former can be impregnably fortified, or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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And "Lolita" now comes impregnably armored in literary reputation.
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And of these witnesses Mr. Wadgers was presently missing, having retired impregnably behind the bolts and bars of his own house, and Jaffers was lying stunned in the parlour of the
The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006
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Man, the rows of London houses stood latched, barred, and bolted impregnably.
The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006
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In Courland, in Latvia, a considerable contingent was still impregnably fortified, and supplied by sea.
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In Courland, in Latvia, a considerable contingent was still impregnably fortified, and supplied by sea.
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