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INIMITABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inimitably mean?
• INIMITABLY (adverb)
The adverb INIMITABLY has 1 sense:
1. in an unreproducible manner
Familiarity information: INIMITABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an unreproducible manner
Synonyms:
inimitably; unreproducibly
Context example:
he has an inimitably verbose style
Pertainym:
inimitable (defying imitation; matchless)
Context examples
He told it inimitably, but it was the story of a failure.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told inimitably.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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