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ineffably

ADVERB
unspeakably
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A favorite designer of celebrities like Frances McDormand and Florence Pugh, his work combined ease and elegance in an ineffably modern way.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2024

And yet in these moments, for reasons as tough to articulate as they are to shake off, it feels ineffably, unmistakably ours.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2022

For Van Gogh, green wheat captured a sense of both transience and calm: “Young wheat can have something ineffably pure and gentle about it,” he wrote.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2022

Shakespeare — and especially his war horses like “Hamlet” and “As You Like It” — is ineffably sturdy.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2022

Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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