inexpressivelyadv.
1. Inexpressibly, indescribably. Obsolete or archaic.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb]
unsayinglyc1175
untellablyc1450
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
inspeakablya1618
inexplicably1630
unexpressibly1635
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
inexpressively1809
uncommunicablya1822
unexpressively1846
indefinably1847
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > inexpressibly
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
indescribably1795
inexpressively1809
1809 Susan I. 217 The notes were wild, but inexpressively sweet.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine ii. 10 Trevylyan drew closer to his Gertrude; for his love was inexpressively tender.
2. Not expressively; without expressive power.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adverb]
unsignificantly1644
insignificantly1651
unmeaningly1733
triflingly1759
inexpressively1823
meaninglessly1823
pointlessly1827
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adverb] > insipidly > inexpressively
inexpressively1823
1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 236 The name, so inexpressively rendered, in the English, by the word Deacons.
1893 Athenæum 27 May 663/3 The idea here is a good one; but how inexpressively..it is indicated!
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