Irrepressibly
adverb
In a way that cannot be controlled or repressed.
She laughed irrepressibly when she saw the puppy.
Often appears as...
- laughed irrepressibly
- smiled irrepressibly
adverb
In a way that cannot be controlled or repressed.
She laughed irrepressibly when she saw the puppy.
Often appears as...
- laughed irrepressibly
- smiled irrepressibly
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe an overwhelming force of an emotion or action that someone can't hold back.
Her excitement was irrepressibly visible in her eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Situations
'Irrepressibly' is often used in cheerful or positive contexts, like laughter or smiles.
The child's joy was irrepressibly infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Reaction
Suggests a spontaneous and natural response, without premeditation.
She responded to the joke irrepressibly, without a moment's delay.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe an overwhelming force of an emotion or action that someone can't hold back.
Her excitement was irrepressibly visible in her eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Situations
'Irrepressibly' is often used in cheerful or positive contexts, like laughter or smiles.
The child's joy was irrepressibly infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Reaction
Suggests a spontaneous and natural response, without premeditation.
She responded to the joke irrepressibly, without a moment's delay.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe an overwhelming force of an emotion or action that someone can't hold back.
Her excitement was irrepressibly visible in her eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Situations
'Irrepressibly' is often used in cheerful or positive contexts, like laughter or smiles.
The child's joy was irrepressibly infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Reaction
Suggests a spontaneous and natural response, without premeditation.
She responded to the joke irrepressibly, without a moment's delay.
Compare with
indomitableinvinciblepersistentrelentlessunconquerableunquenchableunstoppableyield
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Video examples
The controversial...
evidence of popular opinions migration from pulpit and pew to cafe, salon, and press. It even has recipes. It's also irrepressibly human, as you can tell from Diderot's entry about a plant named aguaxima.
Video examples
The controversial...
evidence of popular opinions migration from pulpit and pew to cafe, salon, and press. It even has recipes. It's also irrepressibly human, as you can tell from Diderot's entry about a plant named aguaxima.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Claire Tomalin
English Author
Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler.
Quote examples
Claire Tomalin
English Author
Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler.
Example 1 of 1
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