inconceivably
inconceivably adverb: in an inconceivable manner, in a way not believable or understandable.
Adverb
inconceivably (comparative more inconceivably, superlative most inconceivably)
- In an inconceivable manner, in a way not believable or understandable.
- Parents are at the cabin doors, dressing the hair of ragged children; shock-heads of girls peer out from the black circumference of smoke, and children inconceivably filthy, yell wildly and vociferously as the coach passes by.1872, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch-book, volume 2, page 160
- Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
Forms of inconceivably
| comparative | more inconceivably |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inconceivably |
Origin of inconceivably
From inconceivable + -ly.
Questions about inconceivably
- What does inconceivably mean?
- Inconceivably means in an inconceivable manner, in a way not believable or understandable.
- What part of speech is inconceivably?
- Inconceivably is an adverb.
Words near inconceivably in the dictionary
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