Definition of Impregnably

1. Adverb. In an impregnable manner. "The sight of that bland, impregnably righteous face has been enough to make their blood run cold"

Partainyms: Impregnable

Definition of Impregnably

1. Adverb. In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack. ¹

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Definition of Impregnably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impregnably

imprecates
imprecating
imprecation
imprecations
imprecatory
imprecise
imprecisely
impreciseness
imprecisenesses
imprecision
imprecisions
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impregnability
impregnable
impregnableness
impregnably
impregnant
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impregnators
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impregning
impregns
imprehend

Literary usage of Impregnably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Struggle for American Independence by Sydney George Fisher (1908)
"The two commanders, one impregnably intrenched in the Highlands and the other impregnably intrenched in the town of New York, simply watched each other from ..."

2. American Prose: Hawthorne: Irving: Longfellow: Whittier: Holmes: Lowell (1880)
"... seen him when the thermometer marked 15 degrees below zero of Fahrenheit, armed impregnably within,1 like Emerson's Titmouse, and as cheerful as he. ..."

3. Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900 by Robert Nisbet Bain (1905)
"He entrenched himself so impregnably at Mewe that the king did not venture to attack him, but led his army against Dantzic, whose fleet he all but ..."

4. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"Impregnably. In an impregnable manner ; in a manner to defy force ; as, a place impregnably fortified. Impress. To compel any person to serve. Impulse. ..."

5. The Lost Empires of the Modern World: Essays in Imperial History by Walter Frewen Lord (1897)
"That it was not impregnably strong was due to the fact that the great colonial pioneers of France did not receive adequate support from the old country. ..."

6. Hazell's Annual edited by Watson and Viney (1908)
"The ruck rises to 1439 f*'^t, and 13 impregnably fortified. ... 50000, a fine city, impregnably fortified, commanding a noble harbour. ..."

7. The Lost Empires of the Modern World: Essays in Imperial History by Walter Frewen Lord (1897)
"That it was not impregnably strong was due to the fact that the great colonial pioneers of France did not receive adequate support from the old country. ..."

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