Unavoidably Meaning

/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbli/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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advIn an unavoidable manner.

Tom has been unavoidably detained in Boston.
Tom has been unavoidably detained.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The meeting ran late, so we ____ missed the train.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was ____ delayed by the traffic jam, which meant that she arrived late for her first important project today.

Etymology tree English unavoidable Middle English -ly English -ly English unavoidably From unavoidable + -ly.

"The task was made trebly difficult, however, by the badly run-down condition in which the railways of Britain had been unavoidably left at the end of the war in 1945, […]." — 1958 January 26, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The meeting ran late, so we ____ missed the train.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was ____ delayed by the traffic jam, which meant that she arrived late for her first important project today.

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