unobtainably
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
unobtainable + -ly
Adverb[edit]
unobtainably
- Such that it cannot be obtained.
- 1921, Charles L. Hubbard, “Refrigeration”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 119, page 587:
- Second, the efficiency of an absorption machine increases with decreased generator pressure, but this is limited in practical work because a low generator pressure calls for cooling water of unobtainably low temperature.
- 1998, Diane Wakoski, Argonaut Rose:
- They just seem more Romantic, more alluring, stronger and of course more unobtainably desirable when they stay alone.