ineffably
- a word derived from ineffable.
Example Sentences
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And yet in these moments, for reasons as tough to articulate as they are to shake off, it feels ineffably, unmistakably ours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
For Van Gogh, green wheat captured a sense of both transience and calm: “Young wheat can have something ineffably pure and gentle about it,” he wrote.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
Shakespeare — and especially his war horses like “Hamlet” and “As You Like It” — is ineffably sturdy.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
The book, ineffably sad and beautifully written, tears the tabloid face off the story about an American family that has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2021
Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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