Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unaccountable manner; strangely.
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- adverb Not able to be
explained logically. Without beingaccountable , orreasonable .
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- adverb in an unaccountable manner
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Examples
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For example, the counting numbers are a trivial infinity compared to the "unaccountably" infinite irrational numbers.
The war between the human race and the vampire elites has been raging for over 6,000 years. 2008
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The OED has it s.v. candle-wick, but offers no suggestion as to the origin of the name, so "unaccountably" is the mot juste.
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The day that she had foreseen soon came; the Brazilian's banker "unaccountably" had omitted to send him any money, and so he borrowed some of her.
Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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But with the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation calling on Friday for an investigation into the Stuxnet claims, it is likely that government will prefer to let hackers continue to do their work as they already do – unaccountably and invisibly.
William Hague reveals hacker attack on Foreign Office in call for cyber rules 2011
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There is here a virtual taxonomy of the book McGregor should have written but, in the reviewer's opinion, unaccountably did not.
Book Reviewing 2010
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Five minutes later, unaccountably, the Borg ended their attack.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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But still, unaccountably, he felt a grin come across his face.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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On a Saturday in early June, when the wind was unaccountably calm, we drove up to the top of the Bird Cloud cliff.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Rehaek, though, appeared not only comfortable, but almost unaccountably disinterested in the proceedings.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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There is here a virtual taxonomy of the book McGregor should have written but, in the reviewer's opinion, unaccountably did not.
April 2010 2010
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