| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an indispensable manner.[Websters]
2. In a vital, fateful or climactic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a crucial, basic, urgent, essential or intrinsic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a pivotal, fundamental or prime manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an important or substantial manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In an elemental, organic or primitive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a main or principal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In an imperious or exigent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a careful, binding or compulsive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective indispensable.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (indispensable) | 1. Not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition".[Wordnet]. 2. Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "an indispensable worker".[Wordnet]. 3. Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state".[Wordnet]. 4. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.[Websters]. 5. Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.[Websters]. 6. Unavoidable; inevitable.[Websters]. 7. Being essential, basic, fundamental, elemental or underlying.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being necessary, needful, requisite, imperative or inevitable.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being vital, pivotal or life-and-death.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb indispensably.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "INDISPENSABLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1653. (references) |
Specialty Definition: INDISPENSABLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] Necessarily; in a manner or degree that forbids dispensation, omission or want.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adverb] In an indispensable manner. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: indispensable
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Indispensable party | An indispensable party is a party to a lawsuit whose participation is required for jurisdiction or the purpose of rendering a judgment. An indispensable party may usually be joined at the discretion of the judge. Often, an indispensable party is any party whose rights are directly affected by disposition of the case. (references) | ||
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