unaccountably
adverb
un·ac·count·ably
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-blē 
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
Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow.
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Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
Its skepticism is too plain, spoiled by the cynicism of Costner’s unaccountably popular Western TV series Yellowstone.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 July 2024
Why are the Constitution and Declaration of Independence so unaccountably down on the notion of a singular, unrestrained executive?
—Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
One of the finest private libraries of the age belonged to Vespasiano’s client Federico da Montefeltro, known for his spectacular palace in Urbino, and for having led an attack on the town of Volterra so unaccountably vicious that Machiavelli cited it as proof that men are inclined to evil.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
Its skepticism is too plain, spoiled by the cynicism of Costner’s unaccountably popular Western TV series Yellowstone.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 July 2024
Why are the Constitution and Declaration of Independence so unaccountably down on the notion of a singular, unrestrained executive?
—Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
One of the finest private libraries of the age belonged to Vespasiano’s client Federico da Montefeltro, known for his spectacular palace in Urbino, and for having led an attack on the town of Volterra so unaccountably vicious that Machiavelli cited it as proof that men are inclined to evil.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Unaccountably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccountably. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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