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unexˈplainable, a. [un-1 7 b and 5 b.] Inexplicable.
a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 357 Each Plant, Worm, Mite, Pebble we behold, Strange Wonders unexplainable enfold. 1858Mrs. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw II. 88 The unconscious, unexplainable poetic elevation of the lad. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 195 Facts which for the time seem unexplainable by ordinary means. Hence unexˈplainably adv., inexplicably.
1899Somerville & Ross Experiences Irish R.M. 247 At last we came, unexplainably, into smooth water. |