unaccountably

adverb

un·ac·count·ably ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-blē

: in an unaccountable manner

looking unaccountably upset

heat was unaccountably disappearing

: for reasons that are hard to understand

unaccountably, he stayed right there

Example Sentences

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

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