inexpressibly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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He is inexpressibly affecting in depicting how desperately happy Chris is to be reunited with Anna, to whom he takes a fiercely protective attitude, out of both love and remorse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
But, through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of Realms — of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud — have prospered and flourished.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
It doesn’t even rate as a footnote as the bombs fall and families cower in bomb shelters, but there is something inexpressibly sad about seeing two of the world’s great chess-loving nations at war.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
As Red Smith might have put it, only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again, etc., etc.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2017
“I’m glad of that, he is so lonely. Good night, Mother, dear. It is so inexpressibly comfortable to have you here,” was Meg’s answer.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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