inexplicably

English

Alternative forms

• unexplicably (uncommon)

Etymology

From inexplicable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

inexplicably (comparative more inexplicably, superlative most inexplicably)

1. In an inexplicable manner; for an unknown reason.
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The Ivorian then inexplicably handled the resultant corner and referee Nicola Rizzoli had no hesitation pointing to the spot.

Synonyms

• unexplainably

Translations

in an inexplicable manner

• Belarusian: невытлумача́льна (njevytlumačálʹna)
• Bulgarian: необясни́мо (bg) (neobjasnímo)
• Catalan: inexplicablement
• Czech: nevysvětlitelně, nepochopitelně
• Dutch: onverklaarbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: neklarigeble
• Finnish: selittämättömästi, käsittämättömästi
• French: inexplicablement (fr), sans raison
• Galician: inexplicablemente, inexplicabelmente
• German: unerklärlich (de), unerklärlicherweise
• Italian: inspiegabilmente (it)
• Macedonian: необјасниво (neobjasnivo)
• Polish: niewytłumaczalnie
• Portuguese: inexplicavelmente
• Romanian: inexplicabil (ro) m or n, neexplicabil m or n
• Russian: необъясни́мо (ru) (neobʺjasnímo)
• Slovak: nevysvetliteľne
• Spanish: inexplicablemente (es)
• Ukrainian: нез'ясо́вно (nezʺjasóvno), незрозумі́ло (nezrozumílo)