indescribably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

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adv

"The appearance of the dead was indescribably ghastly."
"There was something indescribably nerve-shaking and menacing in that constant mutter, which seemed to shape itself into the very syllables of the half-breed, endlessly repeated, "We will kill you if we can.""
"“I felt this sense of relief that I didn’t have to lie anymore, and that I could start taking responsibility even though I felt indescribably bad.”"

Etymology tree English indescribable Middle English -ly English -ly English indescribably From indescribable + -ly.

more indescribably (comparative) most indescribably (superlative)

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What does indescribably mean?

In an indescribable manner.

Where does indescribably come from?

Etymology tree English indescribable Middle English -ly English -ly English indescribably From indescribable + -ly.

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