Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an indefinable manner; so as not to be capable of definition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an indefinable manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
indefinable manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dangerously beautiful yet indefinably needy, Hailey seemed to take all the risks Abigail avoided.
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Dangerously beautiful yet indefinably needy, Hailey seemed to take all the risks Abigail avoided.
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I breathed in, and oddly enough I could smell skin—warm, vibrant, indefinably male skin.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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I breathed in, and oddly enough I could smell skin—warm, vibrant, indefinably male skin.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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Ned asked again, his soft and indefinably hateful eyes resting on her.
Eclipse Beate Sigriddaughter 2011
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The Panama hat did not hide the grey hair, and though indefinably hinting of shrunkenness, the broad shoulders were still broad and erect.
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Dangerously beautiful yet indefinably needy, Hailey seemed to take all the risks Abigail avoided.
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(Alix Mortimer) No, not how good Clegg was; but how bad was Cameron: Anxious, sweaty, somehow indefinably lumpy (and something else…piscine?)
Who was the revelation of the first leaders’ debate? Alix Mortimer 2010
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Anxious, sweaty, somehow indefinably lumpy and something else…piscine?
Who was the revelation of the first leaders’ debate? Alix Mortimer 2010
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The garment was enormous, cozy as a blanket, and smelled indefinably of him.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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