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# incontrovertibly

adverb (incontrovertibly; from the adjective incontrovertible)

«incontrovertibly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) In a way that nobody can argue against or prove wrong, because the facts are completely clear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#m1)
2. Without any possible doubt; certainly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in the stiff exam voice, in science reports and in detective stories when the evidence is so strong that the question is closed: «the footprints incontrovertibly showed…». It tells the reader that a claim is settled, not just likely. In maths it is close to «proved»: a proof shows something incontrovertibly. Often comes in «incontrovertibly true», «incontrovertibly proved», «incontrovertibly linked».

### Examples

- The video incontrovertibly showed that the ball crossed the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x1)
- The experiment proved incontrovertibly that plants need light to grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x2)
- The fingerprints incontrovertibly linked the thief to the broken window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x3)
- It is incontrovertibly true that 2 + 2 = 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x4)
- The results were incontrovertibly clear, so the teacher did not ask us to repeat the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x5)
- «You took the last biscuit,» said Mum, «and the crumbs prove it incontrovertibly.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x6)
- Scientists have shown incontrovertibly that the Earth goes round the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/#x7)

### Note

A long formal word; in everyday talk people say «without a doubt», «definitely» or «beyond question». Stress: in-con-tro-VER-ti-bly. Do not mix it up with «controversially» (in a way that causes arguments) – it means almost the opposite. Be careful: writers sometimes use it for things that are only very likely; true incontrovertible proof leaves no room for doubt at all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incontrovertibly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incontrovertibly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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