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incomprehensibly

/ˌɪn.kɒm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪb.li/

incomprehensibly adverb: in an incomprehensible manner.

Adverb

incomprehensibly (comparative more incomprehensibly, superlative most incomprehensibly)

  1. In an incomprehensible manner.
    • There [in the new heaven] shall we, indissolubly, with all the choir of heaven pass our eviternity of bliss, in lauding and praising the incomprehensibly-glorious Majesty of our Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier; in perpetual Hallelujahs to him that sits upon the throne.1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “[The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […].] Section VIII. The Re-union of the Body to the Soul, both...
    • Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience...1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51

Examples of incomprehensibly in a sentence

  • The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness.1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51:
  • She is "one of the most enwomaned women I've seen, a brunette of eternity incomprehensibly beautiful"2008, Baz Dreisinger, Near Black: White-To-Black Passing in American Culture, Univ of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 83:

Antonyms of incomprehensibly

Forms of incomprehensibly

comparativemore incomprehensibly
superlativemost incomprehensibly

Origin of incomprehensibly

From incomprehensible + -ly.

Questions about incomprehensibly

What does incomprehensibly mean?
Incomprehensibly means in an incomprehensible manner.
How do you use incomprehensibly in a sentence?
The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness.
What part of speech is incomprehensibly?
Incomprehensibly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce incomprehensibly?
Incomprehensibly is pronounced /ˌɪn.kɒm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪb.li/.

Words near incomprehensibly in the dictionary

  1. incomprehensibilities
  2. incomprehensibility
  3. incomprehensible
  4. incomprehensibleness
  5. incomprehensibles
  6. incomprehensibly
  7. incomprehension
  8. incomprehensive
  9. incomprehensively
  10. incomprehensiveness
  11. incompressable

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