incurably

1. 1.

   to an incurable degree

   “she was incurably optimistic”
2. 2.

   in a manner impossible to cure

   “he is incurably ill”

Questions about incurably

What does incurably mean?

incurably means "to an incurable degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incurably?

incurably has 4 syllables and divides as in-cu-ra-bly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is incurably a common word?

incurably is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.