Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an inexplicable manner; in a way or to a degree that cannot be explained.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an inexplicable manner; for an unknown reason.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an inexplicable manner.
Etymologies
- inexplicable + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Colonel Gaddafi ignored the popular view that he should consider his position, and hired African mercenaries or "troops loyal to..." in that much-employed phrase that cries out for the word "inexplicably" to be inserted between "troops" and "loyal" to shoot protesters.”
“There appears to be a visceral force which galvanizes this rash gambler: upon seeing a car far off into the curve-blighted highway, the machismo gene must kick in and a huge invisible weight inexplicably is poured into his right foot, powering the car ahead at great speed.”
“For most of the picture, Wesley Gibson inexplicably is obsessed with avenging the murder of his father, despite the fact that daddy abandoned him when he was seven-days old.”
“Problem #1 - While most other versions of Dreamweaver are available as downloads, this one, inexplicably, is not.”
“The real draw appears to be the preview of an upcoming auction, “Important English Furniture” (whose title inexplicably cracks us up).”
“We want to see Noob Saibot, for no other reason than we find his name inexplicably amusing, and we expect some babalities and animalities in there.”
“I was converted by the duo's take on The Shortwave Set's "Now Til '69," made a true believer by their mix of Friendly Fire's "Paris" and a disciple at the lush, deep rework of Grace Jones '"William's Blood," which Jones' label inexplicably turned down for release.”
“No frantic clients are beating down the door, no students are begging to register, it's just me and Corky (the name inexplicably given to my laptop computer my Meredith).”
“Longtime Chan series stars MANTAN MORELAND (as Birmingham Brown) and VICTOR SEN YOUNG (as Chan's Number Two Son, his name inexplicably changed from Jimmy to Tommy) join the sleuthing.”
“A decent film could have been made if this whole movie had been about Riddick’s quest to free Jack (who, inexplicably, is called Kyra now).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inexplicably’.
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my never-ending list
Criteria of a word to be placed on list: no simple words like if or the, and it must be a word i love.
coo, truffle, bliss, mumbo jumbo, putter, buzz, abundance, acrimony, kismet, glisten, muffled, fascination and 15 more...
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schadenfreude, clandestine, delicious, capricious, debonair, snarky, patronizing, visceral, transcendent, inexplicably, enamored, elucidate and 11 more...
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Eilonwy's Words
edify, kindred spirit, verisimilitude, etymology, epitome, extemporaneous, eccentric, illuminate, renaissance, resplendent, dichotomy, tranquility and 75 more...
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Dignified Words
Words that make you feel haughty when you say, type, or write them.
unerringly, nor, studious, resplendent, quandary, shall, acquiescence, abhor, indubitably, edification, plethora, lest and 9 more...
Tweets
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princesscenedra She stood upon the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him in. Dec 2, 2006