inexplicably

[in-ik-splik-uh-blee]

adverb

1. in a way that cannot be accounted for or explained.

   It’s beyond frustrating when your project inexplicably fails in the field after working fine in the lab.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexplicably¹

inexplicabl(e) ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Kerkerking fielded it and — instead of getting what would have been an almost certain inning-ending out at first — inexplicably turned and threw to home instead.

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Filler words—“once” and “would”—became, inexplicably, “prompting.”

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In the order, the court however said that despite Mr Goldstein's claims, the mum and the children had "rather inexplicably" been "found in an isolated cave".

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But in a swirl of penalties and poor discipline from its defense, USC inexplicably found itself clinging to a one-score lead in the fourth quarter.

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A UK forensic pathologist told the inquest this could not be determined and criticised the treatment of her body which involved her organs inexplicably being dissected prior to repatriation.

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