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INEFFABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ineffably mean? 

INEFFABLY (adverb)
  The adverb INEFFABLY has 1 sense:

1. to an inexpressible degreeplay

  Familiarity information: INEFFABLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INEFFABLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

To an inexpressible degree

Synonyms:

indescribably; ineffably; inexpressibly; unspeakably; unutterably

Context example:

she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton

Pertainym:

ineffable (defying expression or description)


 Context examples 


He smiled with an ineffably benign superiority.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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