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# incurably

«incurably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (incurably)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#m1)

2) (informal, often playful) Completely and permanently, as a habit: incurably curious, incurably optimistic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and family-life lessons, someone «incurably ill» has an illness doctors cannot cure, though they can often make the person comfortable. In playful speech, «incurably» means «always and forever». Phrases: incurably ill, incurably romantic, incurably curious.

### examples

- The hospice cares for people who are incurably ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x1)
- Grandad is incurably cheerful, even in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x2)
- My sister is incurably nosy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x3)
- Doctors could not cure the illness, but they helped him feel less pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x4)
- She's incurably curious and asks a hundred questions a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x5)
- My uncle is incurably late for everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/#x6)

### note

Adjective «incurable»; opposite «curable». Be gentle with the medical sense; incurable does not always mean someone will die soon — many people live long lives with incurable conditions that are managed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incurably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.