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  • adverb In an unmentionable way; indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably.

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  • Now, though Captain Riga had not been guilty of any particular outrage against the sailors; yet, by a thousand small meannesses -- such as indirectly causing their allowance of bread and beef to be diminished, without betraying any appearance of having any inclination that way, and without speaking to the sailors on the subject -- by this, and kindred actions, I say, he had contracted the cordial dislike of the whole ship's company; and long since they had bestowed upon him a name unmentionably expressive of their contempt.

    Redburn. His First Voyage Herman Melville 1855

  • And 40 on the front sidepar 34wasnt really awful either, considering the four-putt, the unmentionably sloppy double bogey on five, and the ugly five iron on nine.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • And 40 on the front sidepar 34wasnt really awful either, considering the four-putt, the unmentionably sloppy double bogey on five, and the ugly five iron on nine.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Here's a philosophical question which came out of the previous threat about that unmentionably bad animation on the intarweb.

    The 5 books you take to the future frankwu 2007

  • And 40 on the front sidepar 34wasnt really awful either, considering the four-putt, the unmentionably sloppy double bogey on five, and the ugly five iron on nine.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • And 40 on the front sidepar 34wasnt really awful either, considering the four-putt, the unmentionably sloppy double bogey on five, and the ugly five iron on nine.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • They looked as if they would like nothing better than to swarm over innocent maidens and do unmentionably horrible things to them.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • They looked as if they would like nothing better than to swarm over innocent maidens and do unmentionably horrible things to them.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • He wanted bread in thick slices, piled high with butter, and not this quadruply-and - unmentionably-qualified toast.

    Galactic Patrol Smith, E. E. 1950

  • Overmore was unmentionably and Mrs. Wix ever so publicly so.

    What Maisie Knew Henry James 1879

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