Meanings
comparative more inexpressibly · superlative most inexpressibly
- 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, →OCLC, page 631 more example
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 Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto an inexpressible degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French inexpressiblement, inexprimablement
- inexpressiblementTranslations
- inexprimablementTranslations
Greek απερίγραπτα
- απερίγραπτα (aperígrapta)Translations
Italian inesprimibilmente
- inesprimibilmenteTranslations
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