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impenetrably

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im·pen·e·tra·ble  (m-pn-tr-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to penetrate or enter: an impenetrable fortress.
2. Impossible to understand; incomprehensible: impenetrable jargon.
3. Impervious to sentiment or argument: an impenetrable heart.
im·pene·tra·ble·ness n.
im·pene·tra·bly adv.
Translations
impenetrably
adv
thick, dark → undurchdringlich
(= incomprehensibly) → unergründlich, undurchschaubar; his pictures can appear, at first sight, impenetrably obscure → auf den ersten Blick kann die Obskurität seiner Bilder unverständlich erscheinen
impenetrably [ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəblɪ] adv → impenetrabilmente
impenetrably [ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəblɪ] adv → impenetrabilmente


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In other words, a human machine, doing its duty impenetrably when it was once wound up.
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If a dog had been under one of the chairs, and had barked, Lady Montbarry could not have proceeded more impenetrably with the last words she had to say to Agnes.
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The place was a narrow passage between high walls of lava, a crack in the knotted rock, and on either side interwoven heaps of sea-mat, palm-fans, and reeds leaning against the rock formed rough and impenetrably dark dens.
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