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# incurably

adverb (incurably)

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

## Everyday

1. In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#m1)
2. (informal, often playful) Completely and permanently, as a habit: incurably curious, incurably optimistic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and family-life lessons, someone «incurably ill» has an illness doctors cannot cure, though they can often make the person comfortable. In playful speech, «incurably» means «always and forever». Phrases: incurably ill, incurably romantic, incurably curious.

### Examples

- The hospice cares for people who are incurably ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x1)
- Grandad is incurably cheerful, even in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x2)
- My sister is incurably nosy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x3)
- Doctors could not cure the illness, but they helped him feel less pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x4)
- She's incurably curious and asks a hundred questions a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x5)
- My uncle is incurably late for everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x6)

### Note

Adjective «incurable»; opposite «curable». Be gentle with the medical sense; incurable does not always mean someone will die soon — many people live long lives with incurable conditions that are managed.

## On Mova

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