different between irresistible vs irresistibly

English

Alternative forms

• irresistable (dated)

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????z?st?bl?/

Adjective

irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossile to resist.
2. Compellingly attractive.

Derived terms

• irresistibility
• irresistibleness
• irresistibly

Translations

Asturian

Adjective

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Catalan

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.zis?ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.zis?ti.ble/

Adjective

irresistible (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblement

Galician

Alternative forms

• irresistíbel

Adjective

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible, resistíbel

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Spanish

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iresis?tible/, [i.re.sis?t?i.??le]

Adjective

irresistible (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Further reading

• “irresistible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

irresistible +? -ly

Adverb

irresistibly (comparative more irresistibly, superlative most irresistibly)

1. In an irresistible manner.

Translations

References

• irresistibly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irresistibly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.