inconceivably

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in·con·ceiv·a·ble

(ĭn′kən-sē′və-bəl)

adj.

1. Impossible to comprehend or grasp fully: inconceivable folly; an inconceivable disaster.

2. So unlikely or surprising as to have been thought impossible; unbelievable: an inconceivable victory against all odds.

in′con·ceiv′a·bil′i·ty, in′con·ceiv′a·ble·ness n.

in′con·ceiv′a·bly adv.

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Adv.

inconceivably - to an inconceivable degree; "inconceivably small"

Translations

inconcevablement incroyablement

inconceivably

[ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəblɪ] ADJ → inconcebiblemente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

inconceivably

adv → unvorstellbar; almost inconceivably, she … → es war fast nicht zu fassen, aber sie …

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inconceivably

[ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəblɪ] adv (stupid, long) → incredibilmente

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That was attended to by a snuffy and mop-headed, inconceivably dirty, and weirdly toothless Dutch ship-keeper, who could hardly speak three words of English, but who must have had some considerable knowledge of the language, since he managed invariably to interpret in the contrary sense everything that was said to him.

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At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from some- where inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all.

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Miss Grey, I wish you would tell her not to use such shocking words; she will call her horse a mare: it is so inconceivably shocking!

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One arm of this body was above the quilt, and the wrist, huge as a rake-handle, was attached, inconceivably it seemed, to the thin, long bone of the arm smooth from the beginning to the middle.

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It was easy to see that he was inconceivably green and confiding.

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These pains appeared to flash along well defined lines of ramification and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity.

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Between them was a pole inconceivably slender, on them were harnesses preposterously string-like and fragile.

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By a species of vocal telegraph the intelligence reaches the inmost recesses of the vale in an inconceivably short space of time, drawing nearly its whole population down to the beach laden with every variety of fruit.

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Values were pitifully and inconceivably shrunken, and the trusts added hugely to their holdings, even extending their enterprises into many new fields-- and always at the expense of the middle class.

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"What you admit, sir, or what you do not admit, is really of inconceivably small importance.

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As Clifford stood on the threshold, partly turning back, he pointed his finger within the parlor, and shook it slowly as though he would have summoned, not Hepzibah alone, but the whole world, to gaze at some object inconceivably ridiculous.

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The appearance of the animal was sudden, and his flight inconceivably rapid; but the traveller appeared to be too keen a sportsman to be disconcerted by either.