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inexpressibly

inexpressibly adverb: in an inexpressible manner.

Adverb

inexpressibly (comparative more inexpressibly, superlative most inexpressibly)

  1. In an inexpressible manner.
    • To my mind there has always been something inexpressibly awful in family feuds.1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Lake under the Trees of Brandon, and I in My Chamber, Smoke Our Nocturnal Cigars”, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865...
    • Inexpressibly tired of this anxious intricate search I threw myself down on the soft moss to rest for a while, but the fatigue conquered the fears of the lonely forest, and I cannot now tell how long I dozed.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281

Forms of inexpressibly

comparativemore inexpressibly
superlativemost inexpressibly

Origin of inexpressibly

From inexpressible + -ly.

Questions about inexpressibly

What does inexpressibly mean?
Inexpressibly means in an inexpressible manner.
What part of speech is inexpressibly?
Inexpressibly is an adverb.

Words near inexpressibly in the dictionary

  1. inexpressable
  2. inexpressibility
  3. inexpressible
  4. inexpressibleness
  5. inexpressibles
  6. inexpressibly
  7. inexpression
  8. inexpressive
  9. inexpressively
  10. inexpressiveness
  11. inexpressivity

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