unaccountably


un·ac·count·ably

adv \-ˈkan-tə-blē\

Definition of UNACCOUNTABLY

1
: in an unaccountable manner <looking unaccountably upset> <heat was unaccountably disappearing>
2
: for reasons that are hard to understand <unaccountably, he stayed right there>

Examples of UNACCOUNTABLY

  1. She was looking unaccountably upset.
  2. Unaccountably, the problem was ignored.

First Known Use of UNACCOUNTABLY

1687

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