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Synonyms for indescribably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-di-skrahy-buh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈskraɪ bə bəl

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Définition of indescribably

Origin :
  • 1794, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + describable (see describe). Related: Indescribably; indescribability. In same sense, Old English had unasecgendlic.
  • As in strangely : adv oddly
Example sentences :
  • Indescribably eerie was the look of Preston that Sunday morning.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • I was indescribably grieved to read of the death of Nightingale.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • It was a Sunday and we were in the tent, indescribably glad of a day's rest.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • It was indescribably bitter to think that he was no longer the hero she had thought him to be.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • And there were other sounds, indescribably faint, yet strangely clear.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The shadows were indescribably fascinating; they were so horrible and amusing!
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • It was unmusical, unbeautiful, unlively, and indescribably doleful.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • That night the scene of our camp was indescribably romantic and wild.
  • Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The view it commands of the Water Works is indescribably fine.
  • Extract from : « The House » by Eugene Field
  • In the midst of that absolute darkness the effect was indescribably weird.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer

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