unattainably

English

Etymology

From unattainable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unattainably (comparative more unattainably, superlative most unattainably)

  1. In an unattainable way.
    • 1977 May 6 [1976], Liao Wei-hua [廖卫华], “Fossil Coral Offers Mute Testimony to Shifting of Earth's Axis [珊瑚化石和地球赤道的变迁]”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 380, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from K'o-hsueh Shih-yen, No 12, 1976, p 23, column 1 [科学实验], translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Scientific and Technological, page 26:
      As a result of compression, this latter area has been continuously raised upward, thereby forming Chumulangma Peak and a series of unattainably high towering peaks, 7,000 or 8,000 meters above sea level, which are called "roof of the earth."
      [original: […] 而后者则由于挤压的结果，不断向上翘起，从而形成了号称“地球之巅”的珠穆朗玛峰和一系列海拔七、八千米高耸入云的山峰。]

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