adverb

inextricably

adverb

In a way that is so closely connected it can't be separated or untangled.

"The two companies' finances are now inextricably linked."

"Her career became inextricably tied to the success of that one film."

How to Use Inextricably

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSo tightly bound together that you can't pull the two things apart.

Common pairings

inextricably linked inextricably bound up with inextricably tied to

more inextricably comparative, most inextricably superlative

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The two companies' finances are now _____ linked.

From inextricable + -ly, ultimately from Latin inextricabilis, "impossible to disentangle."

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