Irresistibly Meaning
/ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbli/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn an irresistible manner.
Sentence Examples
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chocolate cake was ____ delicious, so I ate three big slices.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children were ____ drawn to the colorful toys that were displayed in the large store window.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English irresistible Middle English -ly English -ly English irresistibly From irresistible + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And yet, at other times, there is a mysterious indraft, which irresistibly draws a passing vessel among the isles, though not bound to them."
— 1856, Herman Melville, The Piazza Tales:
"Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences."
— 1948 September and October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 334:
"The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves."
— 2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216:
"From the moment I landed, Étienne oozed a sexual dominance that had me quite literally oozing in turn during our first kiss in the airport as he held me against him, his hand strong and powerful on my lower back. For the next three days, I found myself beautifully and irresistibly dominated by him every time we hit the sheets, which was often."
— 2024 October 2, Kit Jannar, “My Hetero Hunk of a French Lover Asked Me to F*ck Him Like a Woman”, in Cosmopolitan:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chocolate cake was ____ delicious, so I ate three big slices.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children were ____ drawn to the colorful toys that were displayed in the large store window.