indisputably
/ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner that is incapable of being disputed or argued against.
Example Sentences
- "It is, perhaps, the most brilliant of all the Westinghouse inventions, and is indisputably one of the cleverest devices ever produced by the human brain."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilis Latin indisputābilislbor. English indisputable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English indisputably From indisputable + -ly. By surface analysis, in- + disputably.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bli/