unobtainably
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unobtainable + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]unobtainably
- Such that it cannot be obtained.
- 1921, Charles L. Hubbard, “Refrigeration”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 119, page 587:
- Second, the efficiency of an absorption machine increases with decreased generator pressure, but this is limited in practical work because a low generator pressure calls for cooling water of unobtainably low temperature.
- 1998, Diane Wakoski, Argonaut Rose:
- They just seem more Romantic, more alluring, stronger and of course more unobtainably desirable when they stay alone.