unaccountably

un·ac·count·ably | \ ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-blē

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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 in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web Last month Swiss authorities auctioned off $27m-worth of sports cars seized from Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the unaccountably wealthy son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny oil-rich dictatorship. — The Economist, "How to hide a billion dollars," 10 Oct. 2019 But then the husband, an unaccountably stubble-faced corporate attorney, shows up one day at his firm, and his boss is popping bottles to toast his kid’s acceptance to Princeton. — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal," 10 Oct. 2019 This guy can’t decide whether to be interesting or not—like someone who is mostly late but every once in a while, unaccountably, on time. — Leslie Jamison, Harper's magazine, "Baggage Claims," 19 Aug. 2019 Billy Rancher was many things: charming, funny, at times unaccountably distant. — oregonlive.com, "Billy Rancher and the Unreal Gods, ‘kings of downtown Portland,’ streaked toward 1980s rock stardom -- until tragedy struck," 8 Aug. 2019 Screening-room attendees who scoffed at Ma’s illogic (her house unaccountably filled with spooky African masks) had already fallen for the absurdities of Us and Get Out. — Armond White, National Review, "Ma’s Black-Mammy Stereotypes Capture the Illiberal Spirit," 7 June 2019 That tube eventually comes in three sizes: large, extra-large and extra-extra-large; the first run, in small, medium and large, unaccountably saw some astronauts fitted with the wrong size. — Oliver Morton, WIRED, "The Beauty and Madness of Sending a Man to the Moon," 4 June 2019 Extreme thrift—soon to be an Olympic sport!—has proven almost unaccountably rewarding. — Redbook, "3 Women Who've Learned to Be Happy Living on Less Money," 24 Nov. 2011 After a few unpleasant incidents — a few years ago, for instance, someone unaccountably stole the F1, F2, F3 and Y keys — there was talk about moving the monument to a different city. — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, "Move Over, Lenin: Make Room for the Computer Keyboard," 3 July 2018

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“Unaccountably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccountably. Accessed 23 Feb. 2020.

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