单词 | beyond words |
释义 | > as lemmasbeyond words c. beyond words: (in predicative use) incapable of being expressed in language, unutterable, unspeakable; (as adv.) unutterably, unspeakably. ΚΠ 1650 E. Leigh Annot. New Test. 218 Such love, such goodnesse are beyond words. 1686 G. Whitehead Piety promoted by Faithfulness 109 Altho her Body be removed from us; her memory lives in that which is beyond words. 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague II. cxi. 173 You and your lovely friend obliged me beyond words, my dear Bell, by your visit of yesterday. 1851 M. Howitt Heir of Wast-Wayland iv. 62 My amazement and indignation at this announcement were beyond words! 1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 800 The style of architecture..is beyond words monotonous, idealess, soulless. 1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 277 Her tact is beyond words. 1951 S. Sitwell in Sunday Times 22 Apr. 4/6 Mateus is delicious beyond words. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 June x. 18 I know he needs it now, and I am relieved beyond words that it will be happening. < as lemmas |
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