Synonyms for inexplicably

Grammar : Adv

Spell : in-ek-spli-kuh-buhl, in-ik-splik-uh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ˌɪn ɪkˈsplɪk ə bəl

Définition of inexplicably

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French inexplicable or directly from Latin inexplicabilis "that cannot be unfolded or disentangled, very intricate," figuratively, "inexplicable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + explicabilis "that may be explained" (see explicable). Related: Inexplicably.

As in oddly : adv curiously

Example sentences :

Suddenly and, as it seemed to them, inexplicably, Mrs. Clutters had died.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

You came to my room while I was inexplicably out and waited till I returned.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

All mundane phenomena were inexplicably contorted that night.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt, how inexplicably unhappy.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Strength was flowing into me, as inexplicably as it had flowed away from me a while past.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

It seemed to him that the spray of flowers had inexplicably vanished.
Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan

The other was engaged by an empty coal-scuttle with a pair of slippers in it, inexplicably.
Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

Then, inexplicably, they turned and went back along the path.
Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan

For sometimes love dies just as simply and inexplicably as it is born.
Extract from : « The Seven Darlings » by Gouverneur Morris

Promptly, inexplicably, with amicability, gratefully it was declined.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

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