ineluctably

1. 1.

   by necessity

   “the situation slid inescapably toward disaster”

   Synonymsinescapablyinevitablyunavoidably

Questions about ineluctably

What does ineluctably mean?

ineluctably means "by necessity".

How many syllables are in ineluctably?

ineluctably has 5 syllables: i-ne-luc-ta-bly. The stress falls on "luc".

What is another word for ineluctably?

Close synonyms include inescapably, inevitably, unavoidably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ineluctably a common word?

ineluctably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.