indescribably en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English indescribable Middle English -ly English -ly English indescribably From indescribable + -ly.
Meanings
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In an indescribable manner.
The appearance of the dead was indescribably ghastly.
1879, John McElroy, chapter 24, in Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons:“I felt this sense of relief that I didn’t have to lie anymore, and that I could start taking responsibility even though I felt indescribably bad.”
2023 October 11, David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein, J. Edward Moreno, quoting Caroline Ellison, “Caroline Ellison Says She and Sam Bankman-Fried Lied for Years”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:There was something indescribably nerve-shaking and menacing in that constant mutter, which seemed to shape itself into the very syllables of the half-breed, endlessly repeated, "We will kill you if we can."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most indescribably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more indescribably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (24)
cmn 難以形容地 /难以形容地 (in an indescribable manner) · cmn 無法描述地 /无法描述地 (in an indescribable manner) · fr indescriptiblement (in an indescribable manner) · fi sanoin kuvaamattomasti (in an indescribable manner) · nn ubeskriveleg (in an indescribable manner) · bg неопису́емо (in an indescribable manner) · sv obeskrivligt (in an indescribable manner) · ru неопису́емо (in an indescribable manner) · pl nieopisanie (in an indescribable manner) · sh neopìsivo (in an indescribable manner) · nb ubeskrivelig (in an indescribable manner) · ka აუწერლად (in an indescribable manner) · fi kuvaamattomasti (in an indescribable manner) · nl onbeschrijflijk (in an indescribable manner) · sh неопѝсиво (in an indescribable manner) · cs nepopsatelně (in an indescribable manner) · kmr neravebarkî (in an indescribable manner) · de unbeschreiblich (in an indescribable manner) · el απερίγραπτα (in an indescribable manner) · eo nepriskribeble (in an indescribable manner) · fr inexprimablement (in an indescribable manner) · it indescrivibilmente (in an indescribable manner) · hu leírhatatlanul (in an indescribable manner) · es indescriptiblemente (in an indescribable manner)