irresistibly

1. 1.

   incapable of being resisted

   “the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man”

   Synonymsoverwhelminglyoverpoweringly

Questions about irresistibly

What does irresistibly mean?

irresistibly means "incapable of being resisted".

How many syllables are in irresistibly?

irresistibly has 5 syllables: ir-re-sis-ti-bly. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbli/.

What is another word for irresistibly?

Close synonyms include overwhelmingly, overpoweringly. 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 irresistibly a common word?

irresistibly 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.