But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.
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Irretrievably
Synonyms for "irretrievably" (19 found)
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This country is going irretrievably down the plughole.
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The time you waste today is irretrievably lost.
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Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]
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