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indescribably

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an indescribable manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

to an inexpressible degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ineffably, unutterably, unspeakably

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неопису́емо (neopisúemo) — in an indescribable manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難以形容地 /难以形容地 (nányǐ xíngróng de) — in an indescribable manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無法描述地 /无法描述地 (wúfǎ miáoshù de) — in an indescribable manner
  • Czech: nepopsatelně — in an indescribable manner
  • Dutch: onbeschrijflijk — in an indescribable manner
  • Esperanto: nepriskribeble — in an indescribable manner
  • Finnish: kuvaamattomasti — in an indescribable manner
  • Finnish: sanoin kuvaamattomasti — in an indescribable manner
  • French: indescriptiblement — in an indescribable manner
  • French: inexprimablement — in an indescribable manner
  • Georgian: აუწერლად (auc̣erlad) — in an indescribable manner
  • German: unbeschreiblich — in an indescribable manner
  • Greek: απερίγραπτα (aperígrapta) — in an indescribable manner
  • Hungarian: leírhatatlanul — in an indescribable manner
  • Italian: indescrivibilmente — in an indescribable manner
  • Northern Kurdish: neravebarkî — in an indescribable manner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubeskrivelig — in an indescribable manner
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ubeskriveleg — in an indescribable manner
  • Polish: nieopisanie — in an indescribable manner
  • Russian: неопису́емо (neopisújemo) — in an indescribable manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: неопѝсиво — in an indescribable manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: neopìsivo — in an indescribable manner
  • Spanish: indescriptiblemente — in an indescribable manner
  • Swedish: obeskrivligt — in an indescribable manner
Real reading context

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