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/ɪɹɪsˈɪstəbli/
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[ US /ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbɫi/ ]
[ US /ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbɫi/ ]
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incapable of being resisted
the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man
How To Use irresistibly In A Sentence
- There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens
- When it comes to free trade, as Adam Smith once opined, ‘Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is much more unconquerable, the private interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it.’
- If she do not gravitate too irresistibly towards that class of New-Era people (which includes whatsoever we have of prurient, esurient, morbid, flimsy, and in fact pitiable and unprofitable, and is at a sad discount among men of sense), she may get into good tracks of inquiry and connection here, and be very useful to herself and others. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
- All men -- man and woman -- are created equal, -- equal in _attributes of body and mind_; (for _that_ is the only sense in which they could be _created_ equal;) _therefore_ they are endowed with right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, unalienable, except in their consent; _consequently_ such consent is essential to all rightful government; and, _finally_ and _irresistibly_, the people have supreme right to alter or abolish it, &c. Slavery Ordained of God
- The irresistibly danceable blues-zydeco fusion music pioneered by the late accordionist Alton Rubin Sr. (aka Rockin 'Dopsie) continues to evolve in the nimble fingers of a second generation. In New Orleans, jazz fans get their groove on despite rain
- We got the first in a downpour of irresistibly tuneful songs from the classic film.
- Here we have self-obsessed careerist Lindsey, falling in love with the irresistibly sweet school teacher Ben (Fallon).
- They tell their own story, simplysometimes ungrammatically and illiterately, but nevertheless irresistibly. Cries of Despair and Societys Problems
- Some may consider it all irresistibly smart, rather than merely preposterous and precocious in equal measure.
- No one would take it amiss if he found the Minoan Palace irresistibly romantic. THE QUEST FOR K