inexpressibly
1
7.7
- adverb
- /ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsəblɪ/
:
inexpresablemente
- She felt inexpressibly relieved to see her family after so many years apart.
- inexpressibly sad
- inexpressibly moved
Examples
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Wolf Boy was inexpressibly happy.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, I am inexpressibly impressed by your achievement, Father.
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Often, it seems that life is inexpressibly wonderful.
Fiction book (1990) -
The water had made us inexpressibly sad.
Fiction book (1996) -
And I feel inexpressibly sad.
Academic text (1995) -
This list is, to me, inexpressibly sad.
Academic text (1990) -
It was inexpressibly wonderful.
Fiction book (1990) -
The years spent at Tres Rios are inexpressibly important, for what we learn here will affect us deeply, now and for the rest of our lives.
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The sensation that he was one among many—and yet still one, an individual being set loose on the planet—and that so much beauty abounded on all sides, in every form, for him to encounter—all this combined to lift his heart above the ordinary and made him, when it came, inexpressibly joyful.
Fiction book (1999) -
The art in the gallery was inexpressibly beautiful, leaving visitors speechless.
Synonyms
8
6.8
Very much in a way that is hard to describe
4
6.5
In a way that is so strong it is hard to put into words
1
8.1
So strong that you cannot find words to describe it
1
9.8
So great that you cannot find words to describe it
In a way you cannot clearly describe
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexpressibly = inexpressible (transparent) = in + express + ible + ly
This is a standard adverb formation from the adjective 'inexpressible' with the regular suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word inexpressibly comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and express meaning 'to put into words', and you can think of it like trying to 'press' a very big feeling into small words. So inexpressibly means something that cannot be well said or described in words.