indeclinably

English

Etymology

From indeclinable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

indeclinably (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Without declination (variation of termination in a word).
   • 1889, William Dwight Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar:

     c. In the older language, the numerals for 5 and upward are sometimes used in the nom.-acc. form (or as if indeclinably) with other cases also: thus, páñca kṛṣṭíṣu among the five races; saptá rṣīṇām of seven bards; sahásram ṛ́ṣibhiḥ with a thousand bards; çatám pūrbhíḥ with a hundred strongholds. Sporadic instances of a like kind are also met with later.

References

• “indeclinably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.