unanswerably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English answer

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English answerable

English unanswerable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English unanswerably

From unanswerable + -ly.

Adverb

unanswerably

1. In an unanswerable manner; beyond refutation.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “unanswerably”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.