AVOIDABLY

Etymology

Adverb

avoidably (comparative more avoidably, superlative most avoidably)

In a manner so as to be avoidable.

The cars were parked as avoidably as possible, but it didn't prevent her from running into one.

Source: Wiktionary


AVOIDABLE

A*void"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 October 2024

DATELESS

(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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