Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an inscrutable manner; so as not to be discovered or explained; mysteriously.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an inscrutable manner.

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  • adverb In an inscrutable manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an inscrutable manner

Etymologies

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inscrutable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Kelly freestyled through an insane set that began, somewhat inscrutably, with a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" and then morphed into the theme from "The Price is Right."

    One 'Pretty Cool' Crowd Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Gnob nodded his head gravely, his gnarled and age-twisted face inscrutably masking the soul that dwelt behind.

    KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010

  • The network is introducing the series—somewhat inscrutably considering the subject matter—the day after the Super Bowl.

    From Network Splash to Dive-Bar Sass Marshall Heyman 2012

  • It takes no work to remain ignorant, to restate the dominant positions of the day as “common sense” – you know, the kind of common sense that is being placed in position to the inscrutably academic trans people.

    linkspam: cis-, cissexism, cissexual « Love | Peace | Ohana 2010

  • Therefore, I contend that positions such as the ones you mention are indeed “inscrutably different” to other genuinely thoughtful, intelligent human beings.

    The Weak Man 2009

  • But, conscientiously, in that same year of 1921 the King began the tradition of a visit to Lord's for one afternoon every summer when he would sit at the MCC committee room's open window intently and inscrutably watching the play for precisely an hour before being introduced to the teams during the tea interval.

    Royalty has finally become wedded to the national sporting obsession | Frank Keating 2011

  • She swore the Pythia rarely slept; she always seemed to be creeping around with that inscrutably Pythia-like expression on her face.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • The inscrutably named Toro Y Moi is one of the acts most closely associated with chillwave, an indie sound that falls somewhere between electronic music and rock without pausing to puzzle out the difference.

    Rocking Out, Plugging In Andy Battaglia 2011

  • She swore the Pythia rarely slept; she always seemed to be creeping around with that inscrutably Pythia-like expression on her face.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • So “pro-life,” “environmentalist,” “conservative,” “foreign policy realist,” stop being “positions I might hold if I were convinced of such-and-such” but inscrutably different types of human being, to be studied with the tools of anthropology or pathology if at all.

    The Weak Man 2009

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