All 5 Uses of
inevitable
in
Underworld, by DeLillo
- And then he thought inevitably of Nick.
*inevitably = with certainty that it would happen
- And once he says it, the remark is retroactively inevitable because this was the President's opening line of course and it gets a medium laugh but Lenny kills the bit before it begins.†
inevitable = certain to happen
- She did not try to get them to moderate their sense of inevitability.†
inevitability = certainty that something will happen
- The police were coming down hard now, clubs out, cops acting without orders or against orders, inevitably, riding their own rampant highs.†
inevitably = with certainty that it will happen
- He was defensive and a little angry and about halfway drunk, gripped by the plan and a little angry in advance, wary of the thought that I might not see the beauty and inevitability of a trip to the Bronx, that I might be unswayed by the power of old-times'—sake, and he was already sensing the edges of a bitter affront.†
inevitability = certainty that something will happen
Definition:
certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)