ineffably
English
Etymology
Adverb
ineffably (comparative more ineffably, superlative most ineffably)
- indescribably; to a very great degree or extent.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 501:
- "And," said Crabbe, "I know exactly how much brandy's in that cupboard. And whisky." The Chinese smiled ineffably.
- His songs are ineffably sweet and touching.
- unmentionably; unspeakably
- The name of God is ineffably holy.