Definitions for unspeakably

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•speak•a•bleʌnˈspi kə bəl(adj.)

  1. not speakable; not able or allowed to be spoken.

  2. exceeding the power of speech; inexpressible; indescribable.

  3. inexpressibly bad or objectionable.

Origin of unspeakable:

1350–1400

un•speak′a•bly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ineffably, indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably(adverb)

    to an inexpressible degree

    "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton"

Wiktionary

  1. unspeakably(Adverb)

    In an unspeakable manner.


Translations for unspeakably

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unspeakably(adverb)

that cannot be expressed in words, especially because too bad to describe

his unspeakable cruelty/rudeness.; The house is unspeakably filthy.

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