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English
Etymology
From inexpressible + -ly.
Adverb
inexpressibly (comparative more inexpressibly, superlative most inexpressibly)
- In an inexpressible manner.
1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Lake under the Trees of Brandon, and I in My Chamber, Smoke Our Nocturnal Cigars”, in Wylder’s Hand. , New York, N.Y.: Carleton, , published 1865, →OCLC, page 63:To my mind there has always been something inexpressibly awful in family feuds.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:Inexpressibly tired of this anxious intricate search I threw myself down on the soft moss to rest for a while, but the fatigue conquered the fears of the lonely forest, and I cannot now tell how long I dozed.
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