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ineffable
i-NE-fuh-buhl
adjective
indescribable; inexpressible
1894W. W. JacobsMany CargoesThe eyes of all were turned upon their youthful deliverer, those of Mr. Smith being painfully prominent. It was a proud moment for Billy, and he sat silent for some time, with a look of ineffable wisdom and thought upon his face.1922Zane GreyTo The Last ManThe nest where she lay was warm and sweet. No eye save that of nature saw her in her abandonment. An ineffable and exquisite smile wreathed her lips, dreamy, sad, sensuous, the supremity of unconscious happiness.1943Ayn RandThe Fountainhead...he imagined a giant of a man, with a rich mane of hair, perhaps just turning gray, with bold, broad features of an ineffable benevolence…1947Cornell WoolrichWaltz Into DarknessHis head fell upon her breast in ineffable surrender.

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