Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unspeakably"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unspeakable \Un*speak"a*ble\, a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.]
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately
described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as,
unspeakable grief or rage. -- {Un*speak"a*bly}, adv.

Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. --1
Pet. i. 8.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unspeakably
adv : to an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young
tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a
simple strapless dress of a green and white silky
cotton" [syn: {ineffably}, {indescribably}, {unutterably}]


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