Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unaccountably
IPA transcription: [,ʌnək'aʊntəbli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unaccountably
    Meaning: in an unaccountable manner; "in the book, a tycoon unaccountably becomes the hero's friend"
Usage examples
  • Much depressed, and, to me, unaccountably so, I slowly descended to the street.
  • Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day, Whenever the Butcher was by, The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, And appeared unaccountably shy.
  • Louis Craven was now a tall man with narrow shoulders, a fine oval head and face, delicate features, and a nervous look of short sight, producing in appearance and manner a general impression of thin grace and of a courtesy which was apt to pass unaccountably into sarcasm.
  • Darrow, through the rapid flight of the shadows, could not seize on any specific indication of feeling: he merely perceived that the young man was unaccountably surprised at finding him with Miss Viner, and that the extent of his surprise might cover all manner of implications.