unaccountably

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adverb

Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.

“After all that hard work, he unaccountably failed to take out the patent.”

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Meanings

adverbunaccountably (comparative more unaccountably, superlative most unaccountably)

comparative more unaccountably · superlative most unaccountably

  1. Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.

    After all that hard work, he unaccountably failed to take out the patent.

    2 more examples

    The jury was unaccountably slow to reach a verdict. He was clearly innocent.

    The number 392, very unaccountably, was never filled, and two of the sets of parts never appear to have been assembled at all, and were presumably kept as spares.

    1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Maunsell Moguls in Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 186

Origin

Translations

French inexplicablement
  • inexplicablementnot able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable
Spanish inexplicablemente
  • inexplicablementenot able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable
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