INSUFFERABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insufferably mean? 

• INSUFFERABLY (adverb)
  The adverb INSUFFERABLY has 2 senses:

1. to an insufferable degree

2. in an extremely arrogant or conceited manner

  Familiarity information: INSUFFERABLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSUFFERABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To an insufferable degree

Synonyms:

insufferably; unsufferably

Context example:

it was insufferably hot in the room

Pertainym:

insufferable (too extreme to bear)

Derivation:

insufferable (too extreme to bear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an extremely arrogant or conceited manner

Pertainym:

insufferable (unbearably arrogant or conceited)

Derivation:

insufferable (unbearably arrogant or conceited)

 Context examples 

I should like balls infinitely better, she replied, if they were carried on in a different manner; but there is something insufferably tedious in the usual process of such a meeting.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“This is insufferably hot,” said Miss Crawford, when they had taken one turn on the terrace, and were drawing a second time to the door in the middle which opened to the wilderness.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They arrived in due time at the place of destination, and as soon as the string of carriages before them would allow, alighted, ascended the stairs, heard their names announced from one landing-place to another in an audible voice, and entered a room splendidly lit up, quite full of company, and insufferably hot.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)