INDELIBLY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

indelibly

adverb

as in forever

for all time the advertiser hopes that the slogan will be indelibly imprinted on consumers' memories

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Recent Examples of indelibly Off-White’s cachet is indelibly intertwined with Abloh’s legacy, who utilized it as a platform for his inclusive, collective approach to fashion creation — an approach whose ultimate agenda was to further access and inclusion. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026 The cataclysm is indelibly seared into La Guaira’s collective consciousness. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 This version of the flag would, in the following years, become indelibly associated with LGBTQ+ pride, and there are now multiple variations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 That short-passing style, woven indelibly into the country’s soccer identity, took root in their club system, most notably at Ajax in the 1970s. — Duncan White, New York Times, 15 June 2026 This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Insular Cases, a notorious series of Supreme Court decisions beginning in May 1901 that indelibly shaped the nation’s democracy. — Austin Bussing, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 To my spouse Paige Lewis, the past decade sprinting to keep up with your mind has made my own indelibly quicker, wiser, and more humane. — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026 Now, the tiny messenger of winter’s end is on track to become Connecticut’s state amphibian, indelibly tying the identity of the Nutmeg State to the moment when green returns to the landscape and winter coats return to the closet. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 Ebon Moss-Bachrach, in the role originally played so indelibly by the idiosyncratic John Cazale, can’t do much to stand out from the play’s crowded crime scene. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026

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That changed when Carleton Varney, a notable designer from Dorothy Draper & Company, arrived to renovate all 388 rooms on property and allegedly declared that beige would be banned forever.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
And the people that will suffer will be regular people, people who are dumping into the stock market thinking the number will go up forever.

— Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of forever

Adverb

Bagpipes were trotted out, ceilidhs given, drams of whisky poured, and, rather more permanently, heathered swaths of Caledonia repurposed as sporting estates.

— Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
But none were enough to permanently divert him from the 2,193-mile trail that runs between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine.

— Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of permanently

Adverb

Dorsey was founded lab-grown, always marks its products as lab-grown, but has never marketed around the concept, Strachan says.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of always

Adverb

While every player of the modern era should be eternally grateful for Woods from a monetary standpoint, Scottie Scheffler's sense of gratitude may rightfully trump all others.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
If the early universe obeyed this rule, our modern cosmos would be devoid of substance, just energy fields rippling eternally through emptiness.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026

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