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synonyms for inexplicably

  • peculiarly
  • queerly
  • strangely
  • ridiculously
  • unusually
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How to use inexplicably in a sentence

The First Platoon soldiers told Jacobsen that their commanders seemed inexplicably obsessed with gathering biometric data from the enemy, a process called “battle damage assessment,” or BDA.
AN UNUSUAL MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND THE TROOPS WHO SUFFERED TO CARRY IT OUTGREG JAFFEJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Miss Manners in this case draws her inspiration from the cat who, though inexplicably deaf to direct explanations of what needs to be done, learns that every time he jumps on the counter, an arm reaches out from the sky and returns him to the floor.
MISS MANNERS: I FEEL ROBBED OF MY POTLUCK WEDDINGJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Hayward can do more than he showed in Boston, but he’s not a franchise player, and the Hornets are inexplicably paying him like one.
NBA FREE AGENCY WINNERS AND LOSERS: A TOUGH WEEKEND FOR THE WIZARDS AND KNICKSBEN GOLLIVERNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Diane Feinstein praising Barrett, and then inexplicably praising Graham, is a clear sign that she should not remain as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
FEINSTEIN HUGS AND PRAISES LINDSEY GRAHAM, SPARKING AN OUTCRY FROM LIBERALS: ‘TIME TO RETIRE’TEO ARMUSOCTOBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Fail to do this, and your dog may inexplicably bark at people wearing straw hats or big sunglasses.
HOW SCIENCE IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE WORLD OF DOG TRAININGWINSTON ROSSAUGUST 25, 2020TIME
Then, inexplicably, he shifted to the other side that the old, the normal Tom presented generously to the new.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
She was even meditating a retreat, inexplicably embarrassed, when an inner door opened and Lady Victoria entered.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
It was a look of terrible dread and despair, inexplicably blended with passionate triumph.
A DREADFUL TEMPTATIONMRS. ALEX. MCVEIGH MILLER
He felt inexplicably as if the denunciations of Philip were to visit less himself than his son.
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
My friends heard me repeat the name, and marked with surprise and concern my inexplicably miserable condition.
WILD WESTERN SCENESJOHN BEAUCHAMP JONES
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO INEXPLICABLY

  • inexplicably
  • peculiarly
  • queerly
  • ridiculously
  • strangely
  • unusually
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.