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unfathomably

unfathomably adverb: in an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding.

Adverb

unfathomably (comparative more unfathomably, superlative most unfathomably)

  1. In an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding.
    • As it turns out, $1 trillion is such a large number and so far beyond the human imagination that we can’t wrap our minds around it. A trillion is a thousand times more than a billion, but let’s be honest: I could have told you it was a million times more and you probably would have believed me. Not...2026 June 11, Ben Cohen, “You Have No Idea What a Trillion Dollars Is—and We Have Proof”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026

Forms of unfathomably

comparativemore unfathomably
superlativemost unfathomably

Origin of unfathomably

From unfathomable + -ly.

Questions about unfathomably

What does unfathomably mean?
Unfathomably means in an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding.
What part of speech is unfathomably?
Unfathomably is an adverb.

Words near unfathomably in the dictionary

  1. unfathers
  2. unfathom
  3. unfathomability
  4. unfathomable
  5. unfathomableness
  6. unfathomably
  7. unfathomed
  8. unfathoming
  9. unfathomless
  10. unfathoms
  11. unfatigable

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