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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 degree
Familiarity information: INEFFABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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