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Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly. Inevitably thou shalt die. Milton. How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! South.

The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.

Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.

Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.

Not to be expected or anticipated. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

That may be inflated.

Tasteless; insipid. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being inhabited; habitable. Systems of inhabitable planets. Locke.

The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.

Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.

By inheritance. Sherwood.

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door Cowper.

The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris.

imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden. Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper. -- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.

Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.

to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. 'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. Beau. & Fl. Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. De Quincey.

The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.

In an inscrutable manner.

The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.