incomprehensibly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn.kɒm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪb.li/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English incomprehensibly From incomprehensible + -ly.
Meanings
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In an incomprehensible manner.
Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness.
1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51:There [in the new heaven] shall we, indissolubly, with all the choir of heaven pass our eviternity of bliss, in lauding and praising the incomprehensibly-glorious Majesty of our Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier; in perpetual Hallelujahs to him that sits upon the throne.
1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “[The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […].] Section VIII. The Re-union of the Body to the Soul, both Glorified.”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC, 2nd book (Of the Souls of Men), page 484:She is "one of the most enwomaned women I've seen, a brunette of eternity incomprehensibly beautiful"
2008, Baz Dreisinger, Near Black: White-To-Black Passing in American Culture, Univ of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more incomprehensibly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most incomprehensibly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
understandably · comprehensibly
Translations (10)
ca incomprensiblement (in an incomprehensible manner) · fr incompréhensiblement (in an incomprehensible manner) · fi käsittämättömästi (in an incomprehensible manner) · it incomprensibilmente (in an incomprehensible manner) · es incomprensiblemente (in an incomprehensible manner) · ru непостижимо (in an incomprehensible manner) · gl incomprensiblemente (in an incomprehensible manner) · hu érthetetlenül (in an incomprehensible manner) · ru непонятно (in an incomprehensible manner) · pt incompreensivelmente (in an incomprehensible manner)