Definitions

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  • adverb In an irreplaceable manner; (frequently) uniquely, singularly.

Etymologies

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From irreplaceable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Even that which the modern ear experiences as a delay in the sound or a limit to its capacity to render passages with the agility of an electronic instrument offer a sound that is irreplaceably real and affecting.

    What is the Organ? 2009

  • I've never actually had fondant, but I HAVE had frosting, an irreplaceably magical substance.

    Sunday Sweets: Ribbons and Lace 2009

  • We like the pre-CG, John Carpenter-esque, irreplaceably physical heft of it all.

    It's Back -- Why the Terminator Is Unstoppable 2009

  • We like the pre-CG, John Carpenter-esque, irreplaceably physical heft of it all.

    It's Back — Why the Terminator Is Unstoppable 2009

  • We would affirm every gesture toward social justice and liberty, everything that honored each human being as irreplaceably worthwhile and the whole of humanity sacred.

    April « 2006 « Bill Ayers 2006

  • We would affirm every gesture toward social justice and liberty, everything that honored each human being as irreplaceably worthwhile and the whole of humanity sacred.

    Weather Underground Redux 2006

  • Graves had lost many personal items, a few hundred dollars, and his laptop, while Donk had parted with virtually all of his photographic equipment, including an irreplaceably good wide-lens he had purchased in London on the way over.

    Excerpt: God Lives In St. Petersburg by Tom Bissell 2005

  • But the media still plays an irreplaceably crucial role in our country -- to serve as a watchdog over the government and to discover and expose government wrongdoing, including -- especially -- wrongdoing which the government is attempting to keep concealed.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • For that reason, most people who read and participate in blogs believe that blogs now play an irreplaceably important role in trying to force some measure of change.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • But the media still plays an irreplaceably crucial role in our country -- to serve as a watchdog over the government and to discover and expose government wrongdoing, including -- especially -- wrongdoing which the government is attempting to keep concealed.

    Bush's attacks on press freedoms escalate Glenn Greenwald 2006

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