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ineffably

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in·ef·fa·ble  (n-f-bl)
adj.
1. Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. See Synonyms at unspeakable.
2. Not to be uttered; taboo: the ineffable name of God.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ineffbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + effbilis, utterable (from effr, to utter : ex-, ex- + fr, to speak; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots).]

in·effa·bili·ty, in·effa·ble·ness n.
in·effa·bly adv.
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Adv.1.ineffablyineffably - to an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton"
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ineffably [ɪnˈefəblɪ] ADV (liter) her face was ineffably well-bredsu cara era de una distinción indescriptible or (liter)inefable
ineffably
adv (form: = indescribably) → unsäglich (geh), → unaussprechlich; Walters is ineffably entertainingWalters ist unbeschreiblich unterhaltsam


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It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a prolonged squeezing, and subsequent decanting.
Those leaping horses, striking sparks from the cobbles in their forward lunge, were creatures to be ineffably admired.
So, then, he felt himself ineffably superior to me in every respect
 
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