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单词 inexplicably
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inexplicablyadv.

Etymology: formed as inexplicable adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈexplicably.
In an inexplicable manner:
a. Inextricably, very intricately.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adverb] > so as to be unable to be untangled
inexplicable1490
inextricably1597
inexplicably1814
1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xvii. 289 In him inexplicably mix'd appeared Much to be loved and hated, sought and feared.
1822 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 1st Ser. A bundle of virtues and vices, inexplicably intertwisted.
b. Inexpressibly, indescribably.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb]
unsayinglyc1175
untellablyc1450
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
inspeakablya1618
inexplicably1630
unexpressibly1635
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
inexpressively1809
uncommunicablya1822
unexpressively1846
indefinably1847
1630 Bp. J. Hall Hypocrite 68 What is their case? Surely inexplicably, vnconceivably fearefull.
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §152 The inexplicably fine machine of an animal or vegetable.
1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 162 Meadows to them inexplicably dear.
c. Inscrutably, unaccountably.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adverb]
unaccomptibly1678
unaccountably1694
unexplainedly1811
undecipherably1847
unexplainably1899
inexplicably1903
mystifyingly1937
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. x Inexplicably forcing you to range the hero with his enemy the statue on a transcendent plane.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 648 Was the proposal of asylum accepted? Promptly, inexplicably, with amicability, gratefully it was declined.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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