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ineffable

[in-ef-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛf ə bəl /


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The bigger half is that ineffable star-stuff: the essence, the soul.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

So much of attraction exists in the realm of the ineffable, but if I had to articulate what drew me to her, the answer might be the image of her smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

"We are grateful for her passion, her wit, her ineffable style, and all the summers she spent in the tent."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Then, after a short silence, the music resumed, but now with the addition of Mr. Muhly on prepared piano, lending ineffable poignancy to strains of unsentimental emotionalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the wash-stand and the moon soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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